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
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journal article
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Cyrtopogon banksi
Wilcox & Martin
Cyrtopogon banksi
Wilcox & Martin, 1936: 79
.
Recognition characters:
Grayish black species; length
6–12 mm
; antennal segment black;mystax black; thorax gray pollinose with two brown pollinose stripes dorsally and brown pollinose spots dorsolaterally; wings hyaline; macrotrichia of costal vein black; scutellar disc gray pollinose with shining black margin, scutellar setae black; abdomen shining black, only tergite 2 and sometimes 3 having gray pollinose fasciae complete dorsally, lateral setae on abdominal segments 1–4 snowy white; legs black, setae white, bristles black except for the fore and middle tibiae and tarsi which have black setae.
Distribution:
ALBANY: Pole Mtn.,
8 July 1961
(
RJL
),
26–28 July 1965
(
FRH
). CARBON: Lower part of Elk Mtn.,
11 July 1972
(
SD
,
RJL
). TETON:
paratypes
, Jackson,
13–17 July 1920
, F.4746, elevation about
1,829 m
(
6,000 ft
) (
AMNH
) (
Martin & Wilcox 1965
); Grand Teton National Park,
19 July 1936
(
GFK-USU
),
23 June 1938
(
ECVD
) (specimen in
CAS
); Grassy Lake, Targhee National For.,
5–10 Aug. 1966
(
RJL
); Jackson,
8 Aug. 1960
(
RJL
); Jackson Hole, Grand Tetons,
28 June 1938
(
ECVD
) (two specimens in
CAS
); Mike Harris Campground, Targhee National For.,
12 Aug. 1967
(
RJL
); Togwotee Pass,
9 July 1942
(
CPA-UM
); W entrance of Targhee National For.,
8 Aug. 1967
(
RJL
). Recorded from
Wyoming
by:
Dennis
et al.
2010
;
Geller-Grimm 2018
;
Martin & Wilcox 1965
;
Wilcox & Martin 1936
.
Habitat:
Douglas fir forest and pine-douglas fir forest (both in clearings within the forest where shrubs and grasses are dominant), and sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland vegetation
types
.
Ethology:
Nothing known.
Prey:
HEMIPTERA (Homoptera)
,
Aphididae
(winged reproductive):
Rhopalesiphum padi
L., Pole Mtn., Albany Co.,
26 June 1965
.
HEMIPTERA (Homoptera)
(see
Dennis
et al.
2010
).