Pogonioefferia kelloggi (Wilcox)

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 : 41

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.5583718
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7708F17A-B80A-E534-63F1-FA3462CAF8AB
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pogonioefferia kelloggi (Wilcox)
status

Treatment

Efferia kelloggi Wilcox, 1966b: 172 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Grayish brown species; length 24–27 mm; mystax white, in males yellowish basally; bristles and setae of mesonotum black, in female about half of lateral bristles yellowish, postpronotal setae white, female with more white setae anteriorly; central anterior crest formed mostly of bristles as long as antennal segments 1–2 or 1–3; merals with about 12 slender black bristles; scutellar setae and bristles black, setae 2/3 length of bristles, about 24 marginal bristles; in males abdominal segments 1–5 with mostly black setae, a few white laterally and ventrally on 4–5, segments 6–7 with short white setae with a few black ventrally on 6; legs black, proximal parts of fore- and mid-tibiae brownish.

Distribution: BIG HORN: Lovell, WANG, LTA, 7 Aug. 2004 ( CSU, GMAD). FREMONT: Lander, WANG, LTA, 8 Aug. 2004 ( CSU, GMAD).

Habitat: Saltbrush-greasewood shrub and wheatgrass-needlegrass shrub steppe shrub and grassland vegetation types.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.