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 1 1 126 journal article 25823 10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1 7070ef91-15db-4b7e-a87d-72e7b0bdb192 1175-5326 3383448 366A1E81-946C-4ED4-8A65-C51151FE87CC 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.