Cyrtopogon praepes Williston, 1883

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 : 72

publication ID

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:366A1E81-946C-4ED4-8A65-C51151FE87CC

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583843

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Cyrtopogon praepes Williston
status

 

Cyrtopogon praepes Williston View in CoL

Cyrtopogon praepes Williston, 1884: 12 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Black species; length 11–12 mm; third antennal segment black; mystax light yellow, black on oral margin, thorax light pollinose laterally, gray and brown pollinose dorsally, scutellar setae black, wings nearly hyaline; abdomen black, sides of first two segments white pilose; legs deep black, dorsal part of fore tarsi with dense silvery pile, middle of hind tibiae covered with golden red pubescence.

Distribution: TETON: Grand Tetons, 4 July 1942 ( CPA-UM). YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Tower Falls, 23 June 1941 ( CPA-UM).

Habitat: Douglas fir forest vegetation type.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.

Williston, S. W. (1884) On the North American Asilidae (Dasypogoninae, Laphriinae), with a new genus of Syrphidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 11, 1 - 35. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 40953

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Asilidae

SubFamily

Brachyrhopalinae

Genus

Cyrtopogon