Neomochtherus albicomus (Hine)

Asilus albicomus Hine, 1909: 150 .

Recognition characters: Gray species; length 13–15 mm; mystax white, few dark in extreme upper part; thorax gray with dark mid-dorsal stripe; scutellar bristles white; wings hyaline; abdomen gray to gray brown or gray black with gray posterior margin preceded by a row of long white bristles that reach almost over the dorsal surface, in particular on anterior segments; legs red, femora a little darker basally.

Distribution: TETON: Grand Teton National Park, 18 Aug. 1931 (LDA) (specimen in CAS).

Habitat: Douglas fir forest (clearings within the forest where shrubs and grasses are dominant), and sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland vegetation types.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.