Lasiopogon bivittatus 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 : 113

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5584026
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scientific name	Lasiopogon bivittatus Loew
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Lasiopogon bivittatus Loew View in CoL

Lasiopogon bivittatus Loew, 1866: 33 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Black species, length 8–12 mm; mystax black; thorax black pilose with two narrow, widely separated black stripes; scutellum black pilose; abdomen polished black with the first segment almost totally black and the posterior sides of the remaining segments broadly grayish white pruinose; surstyli of male black with a broad, semicircular emargination above at apex; legs black, bristles and pile of the tibiae and tarsi and apical 1/3 of femora black; rest of bristles and pile of femora blackish white; femora slightly grayish pruinose.

Distribution: FREMONT: near Lander, 1,524 –2,438 m (5,000 –8,000 ft) ( RM) ( OS, CATIC).

Habitat: Wheatgrass-needlegrass shrub steppe shrub and grassland vegetation type.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.