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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Dicropaltum pawneeae
Martin
Dicropaltum pawneeae
Martin 1975: 80
.
Recognition characters:
Black species; length
7–8 mm
; mystax bristles yellow below, white above; thorax yellowish coppery brown tomentose; scutellum black, yellowish brown tomentose, bristles 2 strong, white; wings hyaline, pale brownish apically; abdomen black, yellowish brown tomentose, ellipsoidal dark brown spots medially on tergites 2–7; legs femora black, tibiae reddish, darkened anteriorly, setae and bristles white.
Distribution:
PLATTE: Recorded from
Wyoming
by
Martin (1975)
(
paratype
, Glendo,
3 June 1958
).
Habitat:
Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass vegetation
type
.
Ethology:
Nothing known.
Prey:
None known