Robber flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA with keys to genera and species
Author
Lavigne, Robert J.
Author
Dennis, Steve
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-30
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Cyrtopogon glarealis
Melander
Cyrtopogon glarealis
Melander, 1923b: 113
.
Recognition characters:
Black species; length
14–16 mm
; third antennal segment orange; mystax black with few central white setae; thorax gray and brown pollinose, pile black; wings tinged with brown, darkened on veins; macrotrichia of costal vein black; scutellum shining black, spot of pollen at base, scutellar setae black; abdomen shining black, tergites 2–4 with yellowish gray posterior fasciae, lateral setae on segment 2 black on males, white on females; legs, femora black, tibiae reddish brown, darker at apex, fore tibiae clothed with dense white pile on male; fore and mid tarsi yellow, clothed with white pile, hind tarsi reddish brown with short black pile.
Distribution:
ALBANY: Pole Mtn.,
19 June 1963
(
LJS
). CARBON: Sierra Madre Mtns.,
25 Aug
, 1967. SUB- LETTE: Mulligan Park, Bridger National For.,
6 Aug. 1968
(
RJL
); TETON: Cascade Canyon, Grand Teton Park,
2,743 m
(
9,000 ft
),
12 Aug. 1958
(
DCL
); Grand Tetons, Jenny Lake,
28 June 1938
(
ECVD
) (specimen in
CAS
); Grand Teton Park,
2,356 m
(
7,730 ft
),
27 July 1957
(
AD
&
HD-CU
); Grassy Lake, Targhee National For.,
8–12 Aug. 1966
(
RJL
),
10–11 Aug. 1967
(
RJL
); Moran Canyon, Grand Teton Park,
2,256 m
(
7,400 ft
),
4 Aug. 1966
(
RJL
); Swan Lake, Grand Teton Park,
7 Aug. 1966
(
RJL
), Herron Pond, Grand Teton Park,
7–13 Aug. 1966
(
RJL
). YEL- LOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: Dunraven Pass,
25 June 1930
(
ECVD
) (specimen in
CAS
); Lower Geyser Basin,
Aug. 1931
(
VMT-BYU
); Madison Junction,
4 July 1926
(
CBP
), 1,
2 July 1934
(
WLJ
) (specimens in
CAS
); Pahaska Tepee, E entrance,
11–13 Aug. 1964
(
FRH
,
RJL
). Recorded from
Wyoming
by:
Adisoemarto (1967)
(Madison Junction,
YNP
);
Cannings (1994)
;
Cole (1969)
;
Dennis & Lavigne (2007)
;
Evans (1966)
(
YNP
);
Fisher & Wilcox (1997)
;
Geller-Grimm (2018)
;
Lavigne (1970a)
;
Lavigne & Bullington (2001)
;
Lavigne & Dennis (1994)
;
Martin & Wilcox (1965)
;
Wilcox & Martin (1936)
(Yellowstone Park, Madison Jct.,
July 4, 1926
; Dunraven Pass,
25 June 1930
).
Habitat:
Douglas fir forest and pine-douglas fir forest, and sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland vegetation
types
. Collected on banks of streams flowing through mixed coniferous forest of lodgepole pine, sub-alpine fir and spruce, in open glades in forest associated with ponds and lakes (
Lavigne 1970a
).
Ethology:
Rests on and forages from rocks, soil, and in sunlit areas on tree trunks and logs; courtship (see
Lavigne 1970a
).
Prey:
All prey were taken on
6 Aug. 1968
at Mulligan Park, Bridger National For., except as noted.
DIPTERA
,
Anthomyiidae
:
Hylemya platura
(Meigen)
;
Hylemya
sp., Pahaska Tepee, E entrance Yellowstone Nat’l Park,
13 Aug. 1964
;
Muscidae
:
Phaonia
sp. (two records);
Spilogona
sp.;
Simuliidae
:
Simulium venustrum
Say, Pahaska Tepee
,
13 Aug. 1964
.
COLEOPTERA
,
DIPTERA
,
EPHEMEROPTERA
,
HEMIPTERA
(as Homoptera), HYME- NOPTERA,
LEPIDOPTERA
(see
Dennis & Lavigne 2007
;
Lavigne 1970a
;
Lavigne & Dennis 1994
).