Lasiopogon monticola Melander, 1923

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 : 114

Lasiopogon monticola Melander

Lasiopogon monticola Melander, 1923c: 142 .

Recognition characters: Brownish gray species; length 5.6–11.6 mm; mystax brown black sometimes with a few pale setae ventrally; thorax tomentum dorsally and laterally gray/gray gold, with brown dorsocentral stripes that diverge anteriorly, not distinctly bisected and gold gray acrostichial stripes, setae brown or black; scutellar tomentum gray/gold to gray, 3–5 strong bristles on each side mixed with shorter, weaker dark bristles and setae; abdominal tergites with gray/gray gold (male) to gold gray (female) bands of tomentum, sternite tomentum gold gray, setae white except on female segments 5–7 dark; surstyli shining dark brown to black with sparse brown to black setae; dististyle compact; legs dark brown to black, tarsi often paler brown.

Distribution: TETON: Grand Teton National Park, 23 June 1938 ( ECVD) (specimen in CAS), 14 July 1939 ( DJN, JNK) (two specimens deposited in the OS, CATIC); Grand Tetons National Park, Jackson Hole, 28 June 1938 ( ECVD) (specimen in CAS). YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: Continental Divide, 2,499 m (8,199 ft), 8 Aug. 1919 ( ALM) (specimen in USNM). Recorded from Wyoming by: Cannings (2013); Geller-Grimm (2018).

Habitat: Douglas fir forest and pine-douglas fir forest vegetation types. Mountain meadows and forests, especially subalpine.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.