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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10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1
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Ablautus mimus mimus
Osten-Sacken
Ablautus mimus
Osten-Sacken, 1877: 290
.
Recognition characters:
Brownish gray species; length
7–10 mm
; mystax mostly white, a few black setae below; thorax gray; scutellar bristles on edge in row, long and erect, brownish yellow; wings hyaline, veins black; legs black with dense, long recumbent white setae and long, white erect bristles, claws without pulvilli.
Distribution:
FREMONT:
Guernsey
;
16 km
S of Shoshoni,
13 April–5 May
(
RJL
). PLATTE: Wheatland,
13 April–5 May
(
RJL
). WASHAKIE: Worland (all
RJL
),
13 April–5 May
(
RJL
).
Habitat:
Sagebrush steppe and wheatgrass-needlegrass shrub steppe shrub and grassland, and grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation
types
. Rangeland.
Ethology:
Nothing known.
Prey:
None known.