Leptogaster coloradensis James, 1937

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 : 98

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583973
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scientific name	Leptogaster coloradensis James
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Leptogaster coloradensis James View in CoL

Leptogaster coloradensis James, 1937: 14 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Grayish brown species; length 7–10 mm; mystax straw white; thorax silvery gray pollinose laterally and brown pollinose dorsally; scutellum gray pollinose lacking bristles, few white marginal setae present; abdomen gray pollinose laterally and brown pollinose dorsally; legs yellow with only the apical fifth of hind tibiae brown.

Distribution: PLATTE: Hartville, 19 June 1963 ( RJL). SHERIDAN: 31 May 1946 ( REP). Recorded from Wyoming by: Adisoemarto (1967); Geller-Grimm (2018).

Habitat: Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation type.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.

References

Adisoemarto, S. (1967) The Asilidae (Diptera) of Alberta. Quaestiones Entomologicae, 3, 3 - 90.

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)

James, M. T. (1937) New Colorado Asilidae (Diptera). Entomological News, 48, 12 - 15.