Laphria milvina Bromley, 1929

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.5583947
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7708F17A-B879-E547-63F1-FD9862CAFC9A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Laphria milvina Bromley
status

Treatment

Laphria milvina Bromley View in CoL

Laphria milvina Bromley, 1929: 160 View in CoL .

Recognition characters: Blackish species; length 14–18 mm; mystax mostly black, a few setae reddish golden; mesonotum deep metallic blue black thinly covered with short, fine erect black setae, a few brownish yellow setae on posterior border; scutellum with light brownish yellow setae and bristles; wings light grayish brown, hyaline at base; abdomen black, thick reddish golden pile; legs black with black setae, coxae with both black and reddish gold setae.

Distribution: Recorded from Wyoming by: Fisher & Wilcox (1997) and Geller-Grimm (2018).

Habitat: Douglas fir forest and pine-douglas fir forest vegetation types.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.