Cyrtopogon fumipennis Wilcox & Martin, 1936

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 : 67

Cyrtopogon fumipennis Wilcox & Martin

Cyrtopogon fumipennis Wilcox & Martin, 1936: 71 .

Recognition characters: Black species; length 9 mm; third antennal segment black, widest at the apical two-thirds; mystax black, a few whitish setae at the middle; thorax yellowish gray pollinose, setae and bristles black; wings infuscated, the apical part beginning at the discal cell darker, a darker cloud at the base of the first submarginal cell extending through the marginal cell into the subcostal cell, veins dark brown; scutellum grayish-yellow pollinose, the side of the disc black, scutellar setae sparse, black; abdomen shining black, male sides of segments 1–6 with very broadly interrupted posterior gray pollinose fasciae, segment 7 and the genitalia entirely black; female only posterior corner of segment 6 pollinose, segments 7–8 black, apical spines brown; legs black, setae of femora and tibiae white, tarsi black.

Distribution: Recorded from Wyoming by: Cannings (2013); Fisher & Wilcox (1997); Geller-Grimm (2018).

Habitat: Douglas fir forest and pine-douglas fir forest vegetation types.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.