Carinefferia jubata (Williston)

Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, Steve, 2019, Robber flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA with keys to genera and species, Zootaxa 4662 (1), pp. 1-126 : 37

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:366A1E81-946C-4ED4-8A65-C51151FE87CC
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583712
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7708F17A-B806-E538-63F1-FDD062CAFBC2
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Carinefferia jubata (Williston)
status

Treatment

Erax jubatus Williston, 1885: 66 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Brownish species: length 18–23 mm; mystax, black and white bristles intermixed; thorax compressed laterally, brownish gray pollinose with blackish stripe dorsally delimiting mane of black setae; marginal scutellar bristles 10 black; scutellar setae white or black; abdomen largely black, narrow posterior margins of abdominal tergites gray pollinose; in males, abdominal segments 6 and 7 silvery white pollinose; legs, femora black, tibiae and tarsi reddish brown.

Distribution: CARBON: Baggs, Savery, 2 Sept. 1959 ( DGR, WDG). TETON: Grand Teton National Park, 18 Aug. 1931 ( LDA, JON), 18 Aug. 1931 ( JON) (female specimen in CAS). Recorded from Wyoming by: Fisher & Wilcox (1997) (as Efferia jubata ); Geller-Grimm (2018); Hine (1919) (as Erax jubatus ); Wilcox (1966b) (as Efferia jubata ).

Habitat: Sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland, grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass, and grama-buffalo grass grassland vegetation types.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.