Atomosia puella (Wiedemann)

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 : 88

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583919
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scientific name	Atomosia puella (Wiedemann)
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Atomosia puella (Wiedemann) View in CoL

Laphria puella Wiedemann, 1828: 531 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Black species; length 5–8 mm; mystax white; thorax black dorsally, thinly covered with vesture of pale silvery setae like setae; scutellum with discal setae like setae similar to those on dorsum of thorax; wings brownish; abdomen shining black, setae brownish yellow; legs largely black or dark brown, femora and tibiae often pale basally or at apex.

Distribution: Recorded from Wyoming by: Fisher & Wilcox (1997); Geller-Grimm (2018).

Habitat: Sagebrush steppe and wheatgrass-needlegrass shrub steppe shrub and grassland, and grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass, grama-buffalo grass and wheatgrass-needlegrass grassland vegetation types.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.

References

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 [unpublished]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)

Wiedemann, C. R. W. (1828) Aussereuropaische zweiflugelige Insekten, als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werkes. 1. in der Schulzischen Buchhandlung, Hamm, XXXII + 608 pp., VI Tafs. [pp. 364 - 536, 568 - 572, 584 - 588, Asilidae] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 14603