Cyrtopogon caesius Melander, 1923

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 caesius Melander
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Cyrtopogon caesius Melander View in CoL

Cyrtopogon caesius Melander, 1923: 112 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Blackish species; length 9–10 mm; third antennal segment black; mystax mixed white and black; thorax gray pollinose; scutellum white pollinose, scutellar white, marginal setae black; abdomen black, abdominal fasciae wide, gray pollinose, lateral pile on segments 1–6 white; legs black, pile on femora and hind tibiae white.

Distribution: Recorded from Wyoming by Wilcox & Martin (1936) as follows. SWEETWATER: Green River, 2 July 1920, F. 4737, elevation about 1,859 m (6,100 ft); Rock Springs, 28 June 1920, F. 4738A, elevation about 1,981 m (6,500 ft). Also, recorded from Wyoming by: Cole (1969); Fisher & Wilcox (1997); Geller-Grimm (2018); Martin & Wilcox (1965).

Habitat: Sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland vegetation type.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.

References

Cole, F. R. (1969) The flies of western North America. University of California Press, Berkeley, 693 pp. [Asilidae, pp. 184 - 217]

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 [unpublished]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)

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.