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
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journal article
25823
10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1
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1175-5326
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Lasiopogon bivittatus
Loew
Lasiopogon bivittatus
Loew, 1866: 33
.
Recognition characters:
Black species, length
8–12 mm
; mystax black; thorax black pilose with two narrow, widely separated black stripes; scutellum black pilose; abdomen polished black with the first segment almost totally black and the posterior sides of the remaining segments broadly grayish white pruinose; surstyli of male black with a broad, semicircular emargination above at apex; legs black, bristles and pile of the tibiae and tarsi and apical 1/3 of femora black; rest of bristles and pile of femora blackish white; femora slightly grayish pruinose.
Distribution:
FREMONT: near Lander,
1,524
–2,438
m
(
5,000
–8,000
ft
) (
RM
) (
OS
,
CATIC
).
Habitat:
Wheatgrass-needlegrass shrub steppe shrub and grassland vegetation
type
.
Ethology:
Nothing known.
Prey:
None known.