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Neomochtherus auricomus Hine

Description

Neomochtherus auricomus (Hine)

Asilus auricomus Hine, 1909: 148.

Recognition characters: Yellowish gray species; length 15–18 mm; mystax mostly yellow to golden yellow with a few black bristles above; thorax yellowish gray with prominent mid-dorsal stripe; scutellum with long yellow setae and two yellow marginal bristles; wings hyaline basally, grayish along the inner margin and at the apex; abdomen yellowish gray with yellow setae on each segment and several yellow bristles posteriorly; legs mostly shining yellow, femora with elongate black marking in the middle on the anterior side; tibiae with a black spot apically on the anterior side; tarsi infuscate, in particular apically.

Distribution: CARBON: Kortes Dam, 9 Aug. 1968 (RLB) (specimen in CAS).

Habitat: Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass vegetation type.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.

Notes

Published as part of Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, Steve, 2019, Robber flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA with keys to genera and species, pp. 1-126 in Zootaxa 4662 (1) on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3383448

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hine
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Asilidae
Genus
Neomochtherus
Species
auricomus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Neomochtherus auricomus (Hine, 1909) sec. Lavigne & Dennis, 2019

References

  • Hine, J. S. (1909) Robberflies of the genus Asilus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 2, 136 - 172. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 2.2.136