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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Laphria aimatis
McAtee
Laphria aimatis
McAtee, 1918: 160
.1
Recognition characters:
Black and orange species; length
18–21 mm
; mystax black; thorax faintly gray pollinose, appearing black to the naked eye; scutellar setae and bristles black; wings blackish, abdomen segment 1 and 2 black, segments 3–6 with short orange pile dorsally, lateral setae of abdominal segment 1 white; legs black, setae on legs white, bristles black.
Distribution:
PLATTE: El Rancho (roadhouse), Dwyer,
3 May 1962
(
RJL
).
Habitat:
Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation
type
.
Ethology:
Nothing known.
Prey:
None known.