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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1
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Cophura vitripennis
(Curran)
Buckellia vitripennis
Curran, 1927: 85
Recognition characters:
Black species, setae pale with golden tinge; length
6–8 mm
; mystax whitish; thorax golden grayish pollinose, becoming more golden above; scutellum with the border broadly bare, with 3 pairs of weak marginal bristles; wings pale cinereous hyaline; abdomen shining black; legs black, broad apices of femora reddish; tibiae except their apices, and the bases of the first two or three tarsal segments pale yellowish, almost yellowish white.
Distribution:
Recorded from
Wyoming
by:
Cannings (2013)
;
Fisher & Wilcox (1997)
;
Geller-Grimm (2018)
.
Habitat:
Douglas fir forest and pine-douglas fir forest vegetation
types
.
Ethology:
Nothing known.
Prey:
None known.