Neomochtherus hypopygialis (Schaffer)

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 : 54

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.5583767

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7708F17A-B817-E529-63F1-FEE862CAFC06

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Neomochtherus hypopygialis (Schaffer)
status

 

Neomochtherus hypopygialis (Schaffer) View in CoL

Asilus hypopygialis Schaffer, 1916: 68 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Grayish black species; 15 mm; mystax black above, white below; thorax yellowish-gray pollinose, with prominent median brown stripe narrowly divided; scutellum almost without vestiture, bristles 2, black; wings hyaline, slightly clouded towards apex; abdomen covered with grayish-brown pollen, setae on dorsum blackish, bristles and setae on sides and ventrally, white; legs reddish-brown, except outer side of femora; femora and tibiae with sparse setae.

Distribution: PLATTE: Gray Rocks Ranch, Camp Guernsey, WANG, 22 July 2008 ( CSU, GMAD). Recorded from Wyoming by Fisher & Wilcox (1997), and Geller-Grimm (2018).

Habitat: Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation type.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.

CSU

Colorado State University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Asilidae

Genus

Neomochtherus

Loc

Neomochtherus hypopygialis (Schaffer)

Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, Steve 2019
2019
Loc

Asilus hypopygialis

Schaffer 1916: 68
1916
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