Leptogaster murinus Loew, 1862

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 : 99

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.5583981
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7708F17A-B840-E57E-63F1-FED562C1FC4D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leptogaster murinus Loew
status

Treatment

Leptogaster murinus Loew View in CoL

Leptogaster murinus Loew, 1862: 190 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Brownish species; length 7–13 mm; mystax white; thorax silvery gray pollinose laterally and brown dorsally; scutellum gray pollinose lacking bristles, few white marginal setae present; wings with brownish aspect; abdomen brown and gray pollinose; legs yellow with only the apical third of hind tibiae brown.

Distribution: PLATTE: Gray Rocks Ranch, Camp Guernsey, 25 June 2008 ( CSU, GMAD). SHERIDAN: Sheridan, 6 June 1947; 10 June 1947 ( REP); Sheridan, WANG, LTA, 2001a ( CSU, GMAD), 14–15 June 2007 ( CSU, GMAD). WYOMING: 1881 ( HKM) (specimen USNM); unknown (specimen in USNM).

Habitat: Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass and grama-buffalo grass grassland vegetation types.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None Known.