Robber flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA with keys to genera and species
Author
Lavigne, Robert J.
Author
Dennis, Steve
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-30
4662
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1
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Lampria rubriventris
(Macquart)
Laphria rubriventris
Macquart, 1834: 284
.
Recognition characters:
Black and orange species; length
9–14 mm
; mystax yellow, recumbent, bristles lacking; wings brown; abdomen shining orange; legs, femora and hind tibiae black, fore- and mid-tibiae orange.
Distribution:
FREMONT, Near Lander,
1,524
–2,438
m
(
5,000
–8,000
ft
),
Aug. 1895
(
RM-UK
); near Lander,
Wyoming
,
1,524
–2,438
m
(
5,000
–8,000
ft
), July (
RM-LACM
). Recorded from
Wyoming
by:
Fisher & Wilcox (1997)
;
Geller-Grimm (2018)
.
Habitat:
Sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland vegetation
type
.
Ethology:
Nothing known.
Prey:
None known.