Atomosia puella (Wiedemann)

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 : 88

Atomosia puella (Wiedemann)

Laphria puella Wiedemann, 1828: 531 .

Recognition characters: Black species; length 5–8 mm; mystax white; thorax black dorsally, thinly covered with vesture of pale silvery setae like setae; scutellum with discal setae like setae similar to those on dorsum of thorax; wings brownish; abdomen shining black, setae brownish yellow; legs largely black or dark brown, femora and tibiae often pale basally or at apex.

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

Habitat: Sagebrush steppe and wheatgrass-needlegrass shrub steppe shrub and grassland, and grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass, grama-buffalo grass and wheatgrass-needlegrass grassland vegetation types.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.