Cyrtopogon auratus Cole, 1919
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Cyrtopogon auratus Cole View in CoL
Cyrtopogon auratus Cole, 1919: 230 View in CoL .
Recognition characters: Black and yellow species; length 10–14 mm; third antennal segment orange; mystax yellow above black below, thorax gray pollinose with two conspicuous brown pollinose spots dorsally; scutellar setae black; wings tinged with brown, darkened along veins; macrotrichia of costal vein black; abdomen black, tergites 2–4 covered with dense golden yellow pile in males, much less conspicuous in females, fifth tergite of male with short black setae; legs, femora black, tibiae and tarsi yellow to red, apex of tibiae ringed with black, except fore tibiae of males.
Distribution: SUBLETTE: Mulligan Park, Bridger National For., 6 Aug. 1968 ( RJL); 16 km S of Pinedale, 13 Aug. 1967 ( WAN); 63 km SE Boulder/Dutch Joe Guard Sta., 29 June 1978 ( RJL). TETON: Grassy Lake, Targhee National For., 5–12 Aug. 1966, 13 Aug. 1967 ( RJL); Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park, 4 July 1941 ( CPA); Lake Solitude, Grand Teton National Park, 2,751 m (9,024 ft), 7 July 1960 ( AE, JGE); Moran Canyon, Grand Teton National Park, 2,134 –2,286 m (7,000 –7,500 ft), Aug. 4, 1966 ( RJL); Taggart Lake, Trail, Grand Teton National Park, 7 July 1960 ( AE, JGE); Targhee National For., 7–11 Aug. 1967 ( WP); Togwotee Pass, Teton National For., 22 Aug. 1946 ( CPA). YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: 24 July 1930 (?- FDA); 27 July 1930 ( DKF-AMNH) (see Lavigne 1970a); 44°17’N 110°36E / 20 July–12 Aug. 1989: lodgepole forest/E slope (no coll.). Recorded from Wyoming by: Adisoemarto (1967) ( YNP, Madison Junction, Cascades Y.R., Sylvan Pass); Cannings (1994); Cole (1969); Curran (1924) [Yellowstone National Park, Cascades Y.R., 22 July 1923 (A. L. Melander) (as Cyrtopogon albitarsis )]; Dennis & Lavigne (2007); Fisher & Wilcox (1997); Geller-Grimm (2018); Lavigne (1970a); Martin & Wilcox (1965); Wilcox & Martin (1936) [Sylvan Pass, Yellowstone Park, 18 June 1930 (E. C. Van Dyke)].
Habitat: Douglas fir forest (clearings within the forest where shrubs and grasses are dominant), and sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland vegetation types. Open glades in mixed coniferous forests.
Ethology: Rests on and forages from sunlit areas on tree trunks and logs; courtship (see Lavigne 1970a).
Prey: All records were collected on 6 Aug. 1968 at Mulligan Park, Bridger National For., except as noted. DIP- TERA, Anthomyiidae : Hylemya platura (Meigen) ; Empididae : Platypalpus venaticus Melander ; Muscidae : Phaonia sp.; Quadrularia punctata Stein ; Sciaridae : Bradysia sp.; HYMENOPTERA , Braconidae : Meteorus leviventris (Wesm.) ; Pteromalidae : Lamprotatus sp. DIPTERA , HEMIPTERA (Heteroptera, Homoptera) , HYMENOPTERA , LEPIDOPTERA , NEUROPTERA, TRICHOPTERA (see Dennis & Lavigne 2007; Lavigne 1970a).
Adisoemarto, S. (1967) The Asilidae (Diptera) of Alberta. Quaestiones Entomologicae, 3, 3 - 90.
Cannings, R. A. (1994) Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) new to Canada, British Columbia, Yukon and the Northwest Territories: with notes on distribution and habitat. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 91, 19 - 26.
Cole, F. R. & Lovett, A. L. (1919) New Oregon Diptera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 9, pp. 229 - 238 [Asilidae]
Cole, F. R. (1969) The flies of western North America. University of California Press, Berkeley, 693 pp. [Asilidae, pp. 184 - 217]
Curran, C. H. (1924) Four apparently undescribed Diptera from Canada. The Canadian Entomologist, 56, 250 - 254. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 56250 - 10
Dennis, D. S. & Lavigne, R. J. (2007) Hymenoptera as prey of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) with new prey records. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 9, 23 - 42.
Fisher, E. M. & Wilcox, J. (1997) Catalog of the robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of the Nearctic Region. California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, 56 pp. [unpublished]
Geller-Grimm, F. (2018) Robber flies (Asilidae), database, catalog of species. Available from: http: / www. geller-grimm. de / catalog / species. htm (accessed 23 March 2018)
Lavigne, R. J. (1970 a) Courtship and predatory behavior of Cyrtopogon auratus and C. glarealis (Diptera: Asilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 43, 163 - 171.
Martin, C. H. & Wilcox, J. (1965) Family Asilidae. In: A catalog of Diptera of North America. USDA Agriculture Handbook, No. 276, pp. 360 - 401.
Wilcox, J. & Martin, C. H. (1936) A review of the genus Cyrtopogon in North America (Diptera: Asilidae). Entomologica Americana, 16, 1 - 94.
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Cyrtopogon auratus Cole
Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, Steve 2019 |
Cyrtopogon auratus
Cole, F. R. & Lovett, A. L. 1919: 230 |
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