Laphria sackeni Banks

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 : 92

Laphria sackeni Banks

Dasyllis sackeni Banks, 1917: 54 .

Recognition characters: Golden orange species; length 16–22 mm; mystax orange except for a few black setae on side below; thorax orange pilose except mesonotum which is largely short black pilosity; scutellar setae and bristles orange; wings brownish; abdomen brownish, orange pilose; legs black, pile of femora and tibiae black and orange and of tarsi black, bristles black.

Distribution: Recorded from Yellowstone National Park, 26 June 1907 ( WR) by McAtee (1918) under the name L. vultur O. S. Wilcox (1936c) states, “This is the species ( sackeni ) referred to as vultur by McAtee, Mr. Greene having compared specimens with McAtee’s material in the U. S. National Museum.”

Habitat: Douglas fir forest, sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland vegetation types.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: COLEOPTERA , Scarabaeidae : Yellowstone National Park, 26 June 1907 ( WR).