Dicolonus sparsipilosus 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 : 86

Dicolonus sparsipilosus Back

Dicolonus sparsipilosum Back, 1909: 247 .

Recognition characters: Polished black with bluish reflections; length 7–10 mm; mystax yellowish-orange; thorax and abdomen with yellowish-orange pile; scutellar setae and bristles; scutellar pile short, sparse, reddish brown to yellowish-orange on anterior margin; wings dusky hyaline, darker along costa, veins slightly bordered with fuscous: legs entirely black, only slightly clothed with very pale pile; tibiae and tarsi with weak, inconspicuous bristles.

Distribution: TETON: Teton Point Overlook, Grand Teton National Park, 30 June 1972 ( RJL); 29–30 June 1977 ( RJL). Recorded from Wyoming by: Lavigne (1993).

Habitat: Sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland vegetation type.

Ethology: Forages from vegetation, usually a stem of grass or sagebrush (see Lavigne 1993).

Prey: COLEOPTERA , DIPTERA , HYMENOPTERA (see Lavigne 1993).