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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Lestomyia strigipes
Curran
Lestomyia strigipes
Curran, 1931: 3
.
Recognition characters:
Brownish yellow species; length
9–12 mm
; mystax yellowish white; thorax brownish yellow pollinose; scutellar setae lacking; scutellar bristles 6–8, yellowish white; wings hyaline; abdomen brownish yellow pollinose, lateral bristles on first abdominal segment yellowish; legs reddish brown, femora and tibiae black above.
Distribution:
ALBANY: Laramie,
29 June 1974
(
SD
) (female with
Leptogastrinae
as prey), 10:02 a.m.; Laramie 9
th
St.,
12 June 1978
(
GS
); T15N R73W, Albany Co.,
2,286 m
(
7,500 ft
),
16 June 1978
(
RJL
). FREMONT:
16 km
S of Shoshoni,
16 June 1972
(
RJL
) (female with winged ant as prey). LARAMIE:
Holotype
, one male;
allotype
, one female;
paratypes
, one male and one female, Pine Bluffs,
Wyoming
,
9 June 1920
(
FEL
). SWEETWATER: 40.7 km S of Creston Jct.,
25 June 1978
(
RJL
); NE Farson, Big Sandy Res.,
28 June 1978
(
RJL
);
26 km
SW of Wamsutter,
26 June 1978
(
RJL
) (two specimens);
36 km
SW of Wamsutter,
26 June 1978
(
RJL
);
38 km
SW of Wamsutter,
26 June 1978
(
RJL
); 66.6 km SW of Wamsutter,
26 June 1978
(
RJL
). Recorded from
Wyoming
by:
Cole (1969)
;
Fisher & Wilcox (1997)
;
Geller-Grimm (2018)
;
Martin & Wilcox (1965)
.
Habitat:
Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation
type
.
Ethology:
Nothing known.
Prey:
None known.