Laphystia rubra Hull 1957
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Laphystia rubra Hull
Laphystia rubra Hull, 1957: 74.
Recognition characters: Gray and reddish brown species; length 8–9 mm; mystax white to brownish yellow bristles; thorax gray pollinose; scutellum with golden tinge because of short appressed setae; abdomen reddish brown, setae short, appressed, golden, bristles yellowish white with from 25 on sides of each segment; dense grayish golden pollen on sides of all segments; femora yellowish gray pollinose, dorsal 4/5 of fore, 1/2 of middle, and entire hind pair brown apically; basal 1/2 of tibiae yellowish; setae and bristles white.
Distribution: SWEETWATER: N. Rock Springs, 28 July 1964 (RJL) (specimen in NMSCA).
Habitat: Sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland vegetation type.
Ethology: Nothing known.
Prey: None known.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Hull
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Asilidae
- Genus
- Laphystia
- Species
- rubra
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Laphystia rubra Hull, 1957 sec. Lavigne & Dennis, 2019
References
- Hull, F. M. (1957) Some new species of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae). Psyche, 64, 70 - 75. https: // doi. org / 10.1155 / 1957 / 29278