Proctacanthella exquisita (Osten-Sacken)

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 : 56

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.5583785
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7708F17A-B815-E52B-63F1-FB3E62CAF933
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Proctacanthella exquisita (Osten-Sacken)
status

Treatment

Proctacanthella exquisita (Osten-Sacken) View in CoL

Proctacanthus exquisitus Osten-Sacken, 1887: 206 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Yellowish gray species; length 19–25 mm; mystax white; thorax yellow gray pollinose; scutellar setae and bristles pale yellowish white; wings subhyaline; abdomen yellowish gray; male hypandrium with a medial fan of white setae on each side; female eighth abdominal segment reddish brown; legs fore and mid femora reddish, hind femora black with posterior reddish stripe, tibiae dark reddish to black, densely covered with white setae, bristles mostly whitish.

Distribution: FREMONT: Lander, WANG, LTA, 2 July 2005 ( CSU, GMAD).

Habitat: Wheatgrass-needlegrass shrub steppe shrub and grassland vegetation type.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.