Laphria ferox 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 : 91

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scientific name	Laphria ferox Williston
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Laphria ferox Williston View in CoL

Laphria ferox Williston, 1883: 29 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Black and yellow species; length 12–14 mm; mystax black with few yellow setae in middle; patch of yellow pile below each antenna; thorax brown pollinose with black setae and setae; scutellar setae and bristles black; wings gray; abdomen black with mat of dense yellow setae covering all segments dorsally except black genitalia; legs, femora and tibiae black, tarsi dark reddish brown, setae and bristles black; basistyle of male with median lamellate brush-like appendage apparently formed of coalescent bristles.

Distribution: PARK: Pahaska Campground, Pahaska Tepee (E entrance of Yellowstone Nat’l, Park), 21 Aug. 1963 ( LJS, RJL).

Habitat: Pine-douglas fir forest (clearings within the forest where shrubs and grasses are dominant) vegetation type. Clearings within mixed coniferous forest.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.

References

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