Ospriocerus latipennis (Loew)

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 : 104

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scientific name	Ospriocerus latipennis (Loew)
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Ospriocerus latipennis (Loew) View in CoL

Stenopogon consanquineus Loew, 1866: 27 .

Recognition characters: Brownish yellow species; length 16–20 mm; mystax straw white; thorax gray pollinose with short yellowish setae dorsally; meron with setae only; scutellar setae lacking, scutellar bristles straw white; wings brown; abdomen yellowish brown with black areas laterally; legs yellowish brown with anterior sides of femora partially black, setae and bristles yellowish white.

Distribution: CONVERSE: Glenrock, Dave Johnson Pl./Station 13, 23 Aug. 1974 ( RJL) (specimen in NMS- CA). GOSHEN: Goshen Co., 18 July 1945 ( REP) (specimen in NMSCA); Lingle, 14 July 1927 ( CLJ-UK); 64 km N of Lusk, July 1895 ( RM-UK). PLATTE: Camp Guernsey, WANG, 2001 ( CSU, GMAD); Dwyer, numerous records, 25 June–15 Aug. ( DRT, RJL); Gray Rocks, Camp Guernsey, WANG, 25 June–5 Aug. 2008 ( CSU, GMAD); Guernsey, numerous records, 15 June–31 Aug. ( LJS, REP, RJL, SD); Oregon Trail Park, Guernsey, 1 July–26 Aug. 1972 ( SD); Palmer Canyon, Laramie Range, 1,703 km (5,587 ft), 12 July 1966 ( RJL); Platte Co., 31 Aug. 1951 ( REP); Wheatland, 25–27 July 1965 ( FRH); Wheatland, 16 km NE, numerous records, 24 June–26 Aug. ( RJL). Recorded from Wyoming by: Adisoemarto (1967) (Douglas); Brown (1929) [Fort Bridger (Uinta County) as Stenopogon consanquineus ]; Dennis & Lavigne (1975) [as prey of Proctacanthus milbertii (as Proctacanthus micans )]; Dennis et al. (2010); Geller-Grimm (2018); Lavigne & Dennis (1994); Lavigne & Holland (1969) (as prey of Diogmites angustipennis ); Lavigne et al. (1994); Martin (1968).

Habitat: Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass and grama-buffalo grass grassland vegetation types. Open range (rangeland), short- to mid-grass plains (see Dennis & Lavigne 1975).

Ethology: Forages from ground and vegetation (see Dennis & Lavigne 1975).

Prey: ARANEAE, COLEOPTERA , DIPTERA , HEMIPTERA (Heteroptera, Homoptera) , HYMENOPTERA , LEPIDOPTERA , NEUROPTERA, ORTHOPTERA (see Dennis & Lavigne 1975; Lavigne & Dennis 1994; Rogers & Lavigne 1972).

References

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

Brown, C. J. D. (1929) A morphological and systematical study of Utah Asilidae (Diptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 54, 295 - 320.

Dennis, D. S., Lavigne, R. J. & Dennis, J. G. (2010) Hemiptera (Heteroptera / Homoptera) as prey of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) with unpublished records. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 12, 27 - 47.

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. & Holland, F. R. (1969) Comparative behavior of eleven species of Wyoming robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae). University Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Science Monograph, 18, 1 - 61.

Lavigne, R. J. & Dennis, D. S. (1975) Ethology of Efferia frewingi (Diptera: Asilidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 68, 992 - 996. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 68.6.992

Lavigne, R. J. & Dennis, D. S. (1994) New records of Coleoptera as prey for Asilidae (Diptera) in Wyoming and Colorado. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 48, 131 - 139.

Loew, H. (1866) Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 10, 1 - 54. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18660100103

Martin, C. H. (1968) A revision of Ospriocerus (Diptera: Asilidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 35, 401 - 424.

Rogers, L. E. & Lavigne, R. J. (1972) Asilidae of the Pawnee National Grasslands, in northeastern Colorado. University Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Science Monograph 25. University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming, Wyoming, 35 pp.

Abbreviations

CA	Chicago Academy of Sciences
REP	Desert Experiment Station of the W.I.R.
CSU	Colorado State University
LJS	Scientific Research Centre
SD	San Diego Natural History Museum