Promachus fitchii (Osten-Sacken)

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 : 60

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583799
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scientific name	Promachus fitchii (Osten-Sacken)
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Promachus fitchii (Osten-Sacken) View in CoL

Promachus fitchii Osten-Sacken, 1878: 78 View in CoL , 234.

Recognition characters: Golden brown to brownish species; 22–30 mm; mystax yellowish; thorax yellowish brown pollinose above with anterior short black setae and posteriorly longer black setae and bristles; scutellum with numerous yellow setae and a few black bristles; wings pale reddish brown to brownish tinge; abdominal segments brownish above, reddish to yellowish brown below with short yellow setae; male genitalia almost as long as abdominal segments 5–7, dorsally with silvery white setae; legs yellowish red, setae yellow, bristles black.

Distribution: SHERIDAN: Sheridan, WANG, LTA, 2001a ( CSU, GMAD).

Habitat: Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation type.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.

References

Osten-Sacken, C. R. (1878) Catalogue of the described Diptera of North America. Second Edition. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 16, 65 - 83 + 229 - 235. [Asilidae] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 1728