Neomochtherus lepidus (Hine)

Asilus lepidus Hine, 1909: 150 .

Recognition characters: Grayish black species; 12–14 mm; mystax white, few black setae above; thorax gray pollinose, setae short and black; scutellar bristles 2, black; wings in female hyaline, in male, infuscated, especially posterior half; abdomen black, each segment with a prominent gray border preceded by a row of bristles which nearly reaches over dorsum; legs yellowish brown, setae and bristles white, tibiae dark reddish.

Distribution: BIG HORN: Shell, 25 Aug, 1955 (WDF).

Habitat: Saltbrush-greasewood shrub vegetation type.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.