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 Lasiopogon monticola Melander Lasiopogon monticola Melander, 1923c: 142 . Recognition characters: Brownish gray species; length 5.6–11.6 mm; mystax brown black sometimes with a few pale setae ventrally; thorax tomentum dorsally and laterally gray/gray gold, with brown dorsocentral stripes that diverge anteriorly, not distinctly bisected and gold gray acrostichial stripes, setae brown or black; scutellar tomentum gray/gold to gray, 3–5 strong bristles on each side mixed with shorter, weaker dark bristles and setae; abdominal tergites with gray/gray gold (male) to gold gray (female) bands of tomentum, sternite tomentum gold gray, setae white except on female segments 5–7 dark; surstyli shining dark brown to black with sparse brown to black setae; dististyle compact; legs dark brown to black, tarsi often paler brown. Distribution: TETON: Grand Teton National Park, 23 June 1938 ( ECVD ) (specimen in CAS ), 14 July 1939 ( DJN , JNK ) (two specimens deposited in the OS , CATIC ); Grand Tetons National Park, Jackson Hole, 28 June 1938 ( ECVD ) (specimen in CAS ). YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: Continental Divide, 2,499 m ( 8,199 ft ), 8 Aug. 1919 ( ALM ) (specimen in USNM ). Recorded from Wyoming by: Cannings (2013) ; Geller-Grimm (2018) . Habitat: Douglas fir forest and pine-douglas fir forest vegetation types . Mountain meadows and forests, especially subalpine. Ethology: Nothing known. Prey: None known.