Laphria sackeni Banks

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 : 92

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.5583949
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scientific name	Laphria sackeni Banks
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Laphria sackeni Banks View in CoL

Dasyllis sackeni Banks, 1917: 54 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Golden orange species; length 16–22 mm; mystax orange except for a few black setae on side below; thorax orange pilose except mesonotum which is largely short black pilosity; scutellar setae and bristles orange; wings brownish; abdomen brownish, orange pilose; legs black, pile of femora and tibiae black and orange and of tarsi black, bristles black.

Distribution: Recorded from Yellowstone National Park, 26 June 1907 ( WR) by McAtee (1918) under the name L. vultur O. S. Wilcox (1936c) states, “This is the species ( sackeni ) referred to as vultur by McAtee, Mr. Greene having compared specimens with McAtee’s material in the U. S. National Museum.”

Habitat: Douglas fir forest, sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland vegetation types.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: COLEOPTERA , Scarabaeidae : Yellowstone National Park, 26 June 1907 ( WR).

References

Banks, N. (1917) Synopsis of the genus Dasyllis (Asilidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 12, 52 - 55.

McAtee, W. L. (1918) Key to the Nearctic species of the genus Laphria (Diptera, Asilidae). Ohio Journal of Science, 19, 143 - 170.

Wilcox, J. (1936 c) Laphria vultur Osten-Sacken and two related species (Diptera - Asilidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 68, 7 - 11. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 687 - 1