Laphystia confusa Curran, 1927
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:366A1E81-946C-4ED4-8A65-C51151FE87CC |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583955 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7708F17A-B87F-E541-63F1-FCE562CAFA38 |
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Plazi |
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Laphystia confusa Curran |
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Laphystia confusa Curran View in CoL
Laphystia confusa Curran, 1927: 87 View in CoL .
Recognition characters: Gray and black species; length 8–10 mm; mystax straw white; thorax grayish yellow pollinose; scutellar bristles lacking, scutellar setae golden, short and recumbent; abdomen black with gray pollinose fasciae entire on segments 1–3, 6 and interrupted on segments 4 and 5; legs with femora completely reddish brown.
Distribution: NIOBRARA: 64 km N of Lusk, July 1895 ( RM-UK). Recorded from Wyoming by: Cole (1969); Curran, (1927) (67 km N of Lusk; July 1895. Paratypes, male, Wyoming, July 1905); Fisher & Wilcox (1997); Geller-Grimm (2018); Martin & Wilcox (1965); Wilcox (1960) (paratype, male, July 1905).
Habitat: Wheatgrass-needlegrass grassland vegetation type.
Ethology: Nothing known.
Prey: None known.
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