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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Leptogaster hesperis
Martin
Leptogaster hesperis
Martin, 1957: 378
.
Recognition characters:
Grayish black species; length
11 mm
; mystax pale; thorax black, gray pollinose, male with āVā shaped medial stripe, female with parallel median stripes, indefinite brown lateral stripes; scutellum gray pollinose; wings with more microtrichia apically than basally; abdomen black, dorsally brown pollinose, laterally and ventrally gray pollinose, posterior gray pollinose bands on segments 1ā5, short erect sparse setae more abundant laterally and posteriorly on segment 2; fore and mid legs yellow; posterior femora yellow, reddish brown apically, tibiae yellow basally, reddish brown anteriorly.
Distribution:
SHERIDAN: Sheridan, WANG, LTA, 2001a (
CSU
,
GMAD
).
Habitat:
Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass vegetation
type
.
Ethology:
Nothing known.
Prey:
None known.