Stenopogoninae, Hull, 1962

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 : 100

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1

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scientific name

Stenopogoninae
status

 

Subfamily Stenopogoninae View in CoL View at ENA

Genera found in Wyoming: Backomyia , Callinicus , Ospriocerus , Scleropogon , and Stenopogon .

Key to Genera [adapted from Wood (1981)]

1 Head very narrow, as high as wide, appearing more less circular in frontal view.................................... 2

- Head wider than high.................................................................................. 4

2 Katatergite without setae or bristles............................................................... Stenopogon View in CoL

- Katatergite with setae, bristles or both..................................................................... 3

3 Antennal scape 1–1.5 times length of pedicel; second and third flagellomeres forming an apically pointed stylus with a short spine at apex; wings usually hyaline.............................................................. Scleropogon View in CoL

- Scape 2 times or more as long as pedicel; second and third flagellomeres absent, or if present, truncate at apex with spine arising from pit; wings usually brown.................................................................. Ospriocerus

4 Mid-tibiae with a pair of moderately strong ventral bristles at apex directed proximally at a 60–90° angle........ Callinicus View in CoL

- Mid-tibiae with bristles directed distally........................................................... Backomyia View in CoL

Wood, G. C. (1981) Asilidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., Peterson, B. V., Shewell, G. E., Vockeroth, J. R. & Wood, D. M. (Coords.), Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Vol. 1. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Monograph 27. Biosystematics Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, pp. 549 - 573.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Asilidae