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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Neomochtherus hypopygialis
(Schaffer)
Asilus hypopygialis
Schaffer, 1916: 68
.
Recognition characters:
Grayish black species;
15 mm
; mystax black above, white below; thorax yellowish-gray pollinose, with prominent median brown stripe narrowly divided; scutellum almost without vestiture, bristles 2, black; wings hyaline, slightly clouded towards apex; abdomen covered with grayish-brown pollen, setae on dorsum blackish, bristles and setae on sides and ventrally, white; legs reddish-brown, except outer side of femora; femora and tibiae with sparse setae.
Distribution:
PLATTE: Gray Rocks Ranch, Camp
Guernsey
, WANG,
22 July 2008
(
CSU
,
GMAD
). Recorded from Wyoming by
Fisher & Wilcox (1997)
, and
Geller-Grimm (2018)
.
Habitat:
Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation
type
.
Ethology:
Nothing known.
Prey:
None known.