Laphystia Loew, 1847
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7708F17A-B87E-E541-63F1-FB3F66F1FF93 |
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Laphystia Loew View in CoL View at ENA
Laphystia Loew, 1847: 538 View in CoL .
Species Found in Wyoming: Laphystia canadensis View in CoL , L. confusa View in CoL , L. flavipes View in CoL , L. notata View in CoL , L. rubra View in CoL , L. rufiventris View in CoL , and L. rufofasciata View in CoL .
Key to Species [adapted from Curran (1931); ( Wilcox 1960)]
1 Abdominal segment 1 and/or 2 with the pollinose fasciae entire or nearly so, or these segments wholly or largely pollinose. 2
- Abdominal segments 1 to 5 with the pollinose fasciae broadly interrupted........................................ 4
2 Scutellum with long marginal setae of bristles................................................. Laphystia flavipes View in CoL
- Scutellum with short, recumbent setae only................................................................. 3
3 Femora wholly yellow; tibiae yellow except at tip; fasciae on abdominal segments 4 and 5 broadly interrupted................................................................................................. Laphystia confusa View in CoL
- Fore femora at least largely black on dorsal surface; fasciae very narrowly interrupted on abdominal segment 4, interrupted by about 1/4 width of abdomen on segment 5................................................ Laphystia rufofasciata View in CoL
4 Scutellum entirely pollinose.............................................................................5
- Scutellum with only narrow posterior margin bare of pollen.................................................... 6
5 Mesonotum of male with bare area divided by the medial pollinose stripes, female only with bare spots behind suture; generally basal one-fourth or less, of hind femora orange to reddish..................................... Laphystia canadensis View in CoL
- Mesonotal setae anterior to suture as long as first antennal segment in males, in females only dorsal central rows; basal half or less of hind femora reddish.................................................................. Laphystia notata View in CoL
6 Legs black, very narrow apices of femora and narrow bases of tibiae yellowish; claws black, basal 1/3 reddish; abdominal segments 4–6 yellowish red, basal segments brown to black; fasciae broadly interrupted on all segments.... Laphystia rufiventris View in CoL
- Femora and at least basal 1/4 of tibiae reddish brown, dorsum of femora mostly black; claws black, reddish basally; abdomen reddish brown, fasciae usually entire on segments 1, 2, and 6, but sometimes indistinct on 1 and2, and narrowly interrupted on 6....................................................................................... Lahystia rubra
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Laphystia Loew
Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, Steve 2019 |
Laphystia Loew, 1847: 538
Loew, H. 1847: 538 |