Proctacanthus micans Schiner 1867
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Proctacanthus micans Schiner
Proctacanthus micans Schiner, 1867: 397.
Recognition characters: Grayish brown species; length 26–36 mm; mystax pale yellow; thorax brown in ground color, grayish brown pollinose; scutellar setae white, bristles black; wings nearly hyaline with the veins margined brown; abdomen dark grayish brown pollinose; legs brown, darker apically.
Distribution: PLATTE: Camp Guernsey, WANG, 2001b (CSU, GMAD); Grey Rocks Ranch, Camp Guernsey, WANG, 25 June–5 Sept. 2008 (CSU, GMAD); Wheatland, 28 July 1974 (SD). Recorded from Wyoming by: Dennis & Lavigne (1976b) (pupal case); Dennis et al. (2008) (pupal case); Fisher & Wilcox (1997); Geller-Grimm (2018).
Habitat: Sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland, and grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation types. Rangeland similar to Proctacanthus milbertii.
Ethology: Rests on and forages from soil and vegetation.
Prey: None known.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Schiner
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Asilidae
- Genus
- Proctacanthus
- Species
- micans
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Proctacanthus micans Schiner, 1867 sec. Lavigne & Dennis, 2019
References
- Schiner, J. R. (1867) Neue oder weniger bekannte Asiliden des K. zoologischen Hofkabinettes in Wien. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Asiliden. Verhandlungen der zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 17, 355 - 412. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 24105
- Dennis, D. S. & Lavigne, R. J. (1976 b) Ethology of Leptogaster parvoclavus in Wyoming (Diptera: Asilidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 78, 208 - 222.
- Dennis, D. S., Barnes, J. K. & Knutson, L. (2008) Pupal cases of Nearctic robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae). Zootaxa, 1868, 1 - 98.
- Fisher, E. M. & Wilcox, J. (1997) Catalog of the robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of the Nearctic Region. California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, 56 pp. [unpublished]
- Geller-Grimm, F. (2018) Robber flies (Asilidae), database, catalog of species. Available from: http: / www. geller-grimm. de / catalog / species. htm (accessed 23 March 2018)