Laphystia confusa Curran

Laphystia confusa Curran, 1927: 87 .

Recognition characters: Gray and black species; length 8–10 mm; mystax straw white; thorax grayish yellow pollinose; scutellar bristles lacking, scutellar setae golden, short and recumbent; abdomen black with gray pollinose fasciae entire on segments 1–3, 6 and interrupted on segments 4 and 5; legs with femora completely reddish brown.

Distribution: NIOBRARA: 64 km N of Lusk, July 1895 (RM-UK). Recorded from Wyoming by: Cole (1969); Curran, (1927) (67 km N of Lusk; July 1895. Paratypes, male, Wyoming, July 1905); Fisher & Wilcox (1997); Geller-Grimm (2018); Martin & Wilcox (1965); Wilcox (1960) (paratype, male, July 1905).

Habitat: Wheatgrass-needlegrass grassland vegetation type.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.