Published August 30, 2019 | Version v1
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Negasilus aridalis Adisoemarto

Description

Negasilus aridalis (Adisoemarto)

Asilus aridalis Adisoemarto, 1967: 63.

Recognition characters: Yellowish gray to gray species; length 7–10 mm; mystax in male white with few black setae above, female mostly white, only white on lower margin; thorax yellowish gray pollinose; scutellum yellowish gray pollinose with two marginal bristles; wings hyaline; abdomen grayish pollinose; legs, femora black with posterior sides reddish yellow; tibiae orange yellow, black apically, tarsi orange yellow.

Distribution: UINTA: Lyman, 24 June 1935 (RHB) (specimen in CAS).

Habitat: Sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland 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 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3383448

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Asilidae
Genus
Negasilus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Adisoemarto
Species
aridalis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Negasilus aridalis (Adisoemarto, 1967) sec. Lavigne & Dennis, 2019

References

  • Adisoemarto, S. (1967) The Asilidae (Diptera) of Alberta. Quaestiones Entomologicae, 3, 3 - 90.