Lasiopogon bivittatus Loew

Lasiopogon bivittatus Loew, 1866: 33 .

Recognition characters: Black species, length 8–12 mm; mystax black; thorax black pilose with two narrow, widely separated black stripes; scutellum black pilose; abdomen polished black with the first segment almost totally black and the posterior sides of the remaining segments broadly grayish white pruinose; surstyli of male black with a broad, semicircular emargination above at apex; legs black, bristles and pile of the tibiae and tarsi and apical 1/3 of femora black; rest of bristles and pile of femora blackish white; femora slightly grayish pruinose.

Distribution: FREMONT: near Lander, 1,524 –2,438 m (5,000 –8,000 ft) (RM) (OS, CATIC).

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

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.