Cophura sculleni Wilcox, 1937

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:366A1E81-946C-4ED4-8A65-C51151FE87CC
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583885
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7708F17A-B873-E54D-63F1-FF0062CAFD66
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cophura sculleni Wilcox
status

Treatment

Cophura sculleni Wilcox View in CoL

Cophura sculleni Wilcox, 1937: 39 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Orange and black species; length 7–9 mm; mystax white; thorax brownish gray pollinose; scutellar bristles 4, white; wings dark brown on basal half apical half hyaline; abdomen orange; femora and tibiae orange with apex of tibiae gray to black.

Distribution: LARAMIE: 1 Sept. 1943 ( REP). PLATTE: Chugwater, 21 July 1955 ( RF); Guernsey, 23 June–1 Sept. (SD, REP).

Habitat: Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation type.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.