Cyrtopogon pulcher Back, 1909

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 : 72

Cyrtopogon pulcher Back

Cyrtopogon pulcher Back 1909: 274 .

Recognition characters: Black species; length 12–14 mm; third antennal segment reddish, joint yellowish red; mystax black with few yellowish setae in middle; thorax grayish white pollinose laterally, white to dull olive and black pollinose dorsally, scutellar setae black; wing hyaline, covered with gray microtrichia; abdomen brown to black, lateral setae on all segments in female and 1–3 in male yellow to yellowish white, remaining segments in male black; legs with femora black, tibiae and tarsi yellowish red to red.

Distribution: CARBON: Elk Mtn., 11–19 July 1972 (SD, RJL). Recorded from Wyoming by: Dennis et al. (2010); Lavigne & Dennis (1994).

Habitat: Pine-douglas fir forest (clearings within forest where shrubs and grasses are dominant) vegetation type. Clearings in mixed lodgepole pine and sub-alpine fir forest.

Ethology: Forages from fallen logs, dead tree stumps and rocks, in sun.

Prey: Prey were taken on Elk Mt. DIPTERA , Muscidae : Hydrotaea irritans (L.). 11 July 1972; Mycetophilidae : Sciophila sp., 11 July 1972. HEMIPTERA (Heteroptera, Homoptera) (see Dennis et al. 2010; Lavigne & Dennis 1994).