Robber flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA with keys to genera and species Author Lavigne, Robert J. Author Dennis, Steve text Zootaxa 2019 2019-08-30 4662 1 1 126 journal article 25823 10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1 7070ef91-15db-4b7e-a87d-72e7b0bdb192 1175-5326 3383448 366A1E81-946C-4ED4-8A65-C51151FE87CC 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 ).