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Cyrtopogon platycaudus Curran 1924

Description

Cyrtopogon platycaudus Curran

Cyrtopogon platycauda Curran, 1924: 251.

Recognition characters: Described from a single male from Glen Souris, Manitoba, 5 June 1923 (H. H. Robertson): Black species; length 11 mm; third antennal segment red; mystax yellow with oral margin broadly black setae; thorax black; scutellum black, with 8 long, fine bristles, on margin; wings hyaline, apical third grayish; abdomen black, sides of segment 1 and whole of 2–4 reddish yellow pollinose; femora grayish yellow pollinose, tibiae and tarsi pale yellow; femora and tibiae with pale yellowish or almost white setae.

Distribution: TETON: Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National For., 4 July 1941 (CPA-UM).

Habitat: Douglas fir forest 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 page 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3383448

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Curran
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Asilidae
Genus
Cyrtopogon
Species
platycaudus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cyrtopogon platycaudus Curran, 1924 sec. Lavigne & Dennis, 2019

References

  • Curran, C. H. (1924) Four apparently undescribed Diptera from Canada. The Canadian Entomologist, 56, 250 - 254. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 56250 - 10