Echthodopa pubera Loew, 1866

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 : 86

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583909
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scientific name	Echthodopa pubera Loew
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Echthodopa pubera Loew View in CoL

Echthodopa pubera Loew, 1866: 16 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Grayish black species; length 12–14 mm; mystax white; thorax black with white setae and bristles; scutellar setae and bristles white; abdomen black, covered with short fine white setae; legs, femora black, tibiae reddish brown basally and black apically, tarsi black; setae and bristles of legs white.

Distribution: LARAMIE: LaGrange, 22 June 1955 ( RWH). Recorded from Wyoming by: Back (1909); Cole (1969); Fisher & Wilcox (1997); Geller-Grimm (2018); Martin & Wilcox (1965).

Habitat: Grama-buffalo grass grassland vegetation type.

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

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 [unpublished]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)

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

Martin, C. H. & Wilcox, J. (1965) Family Asilidae. In: A catalog of Diptera of North America. USDA Agriculture Handbook, No. 276, pp. 360 - 401.