Cyrtopogon callipedilus Loew, 1874

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 : 66

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scientific name	Cyrtopogon callipedilus Loew
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Cyrtopogon callipedilus Loew View in CoL

Cyrtopogon callipedilus Loew, 1874: 358 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Blackish species; length 9–12 mm; mystax white above, black below; third antennal segment black; thorax gray and brown pollinose; scutellum shining black, scutellar setae black; abdomen shining black, lateral setae on segments 1 and 2 white; legs, femora black, tibiae yellow; in males, patches of silvery white setae on fore tarsal segments 2–5; parted on all segments; expanded fan of black setae on segments 4 and 5 of mid tarsi about six times the width of the joints.

Distribution: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: Yellowstone Lake, 18 July 1936 ( SWB-USU). Recorded from southern Wyoming, 2,438 m (8,000 ft) by Williston (1883) and Back (1909), and from Wyoming by Melander (1923a).

Habitat: Douglas fir forest, and sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland vegetation types.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.

References

Back, E. A. (1909) The robber-flies of America north of Mexico belonging to the subfamilies Leptogastrinae and Dasypogoninae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 35, 137 - 400, 11 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9381

Loew, H. (1874) Neue nordamerikanische Dasypogonina. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 18, 353 - 377. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18740180322

Melander, A. L. (1923 a) Studies in Asilidae (Diptera). Psyche, 30, 207 - 219. https: // doi. org / 10.1155 / 1923 / 83461

Williston, S. W. (1883) On the North American Asilidae (Dasypogoninae, Laphriinae), with a new genus of Syrphidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 11, 1 - 35, 2 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 40953