Cophura vitripennis (Curran)

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 : 82

Cophura vitripennis (Curran)

Buckellia vitripennis Curran, 1927: 85

Recognition characters: Black species, setae pale with golden tinge; length 6–8 mm; mystax whitish; thorax golden grayish pollinose, becoming more golden above; scutellum with the border broadly bare, with 3 pairs of weak marginal bristles; wings pale cinereous hyaline; abdomen shining black; legs black, broad apices of femora reddish; tibiae except their apices, and the bases of the first two or three tarsal segments pale yellowish, almost yellowish white.

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.