Andrenosoma fulvicaudum (Say)

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 : 87

Andrenosoma fulvicaudum (Say)

Laphria fulvicauda Say, 1823: 53 .

Recognition characters: Black species; length 13–20 mm; mystax black; thorax black, pleura gray pollinose, with dorsal short, sparse, black setae; bristles of thorax and scutellum black; wings grayish nearly hyaline with veins lightly margined with brown; abdomen depressed, blue-black with fine scattered white setae, conspicuous tufts of pale pile on segments 2–6, segment 2 with 2 strong black bristles laterally, segments 3–5 with 1 bristle, segments 5 to apex largely reddish above and beneath, although the sides maybe more or less blackish; legs black, pilose.

Distribution: Recorded from Wyoming by: Cannings (1994); Geller-Grimm (2018).

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

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.