Laphystia confusa Curran, 1927

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 : 94

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scientific name	Laphystia confusa Curran
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Laphystia confusa Curran, 1927: 87 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Gray and black species; length 8–10 mm; mystax straw white; thorax grayish yellow pollinose; scutellar bristles lacking, scutellar setae golden, short and recumbent; abdomen black with gray pollinose fasciae entire on segments 1–3, 6 and interrupted on segments 4 and 5; legs with femora completely reddish brown.

Distribution: NIOBRARA: 64 km N of Lusk, July 1895 ( RM-UK). Recorded from Wyoming by: Cole (1969); Curran, (1927) (67 km N of Lusk; July 1895. Paratypes, male, Wyoming, July 1905); Fisher & Wilcox (1997); Geller-Grimm (2018); Martin & Wilcox (1965); Wilcox (1960) (paratype, male, July 1905).

Habitat: Wheatgrass-needlegrass 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]

Curran, C. H. (1927) Descriptions of Nearctic Diptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 59, 79 - 92. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 5979 - 4

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 [unpublished]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. (1960) Laphystia Loew in North America (Diptera: Asilidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 53, 328 - 346. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 53.3.328