Apachekolos tenuipes
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Apachekolos tenuipes (Loew, 1862)
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Apachekolos tenuipes is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.[1][2]
Identification:
Head: Face entirely with white pile continuing behind eyes. Moustache (mystax) has white hairs.
Antenna: Very short, base reddish-brown, tips black.
Thorax: Reddish, covered with thin whitish pile. Top of thorax has 3 black stripes down middle.
Wings: Clear, base darker. Veins black. Halteres pale yellow, the knobs darkening.
Legs: Long and thin; yellowish-brown, darker on underside. Hind legs extremely long with spines at tip of shin (tibiae). Feet darker.
Abdomen: Very long and thin; brown, May have some pale pile on sides. Female abdomen tip pointed.
Size: 9 to 10 mm long.
Habitat: Dry woods.
Flight Time: June to September
References:
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1862, Vol. 6 by Loew, pg. 192.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 1909, Vol. 35 by Back, pg. 172.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1957, Vol. 111 #5 by Martin, pp. 353-354.
Psyche 1914, Vol. 21 by Banks, pg. 131.
Types:
Holotype as Leptogaster tenuipes male by Loew, 1821. Type Locality: District of Columbia. In the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, along with female allotype.
References
- ^ "Apachekolos tenuipes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Apachekolos tenuipes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
Further reading
- Diptera.info
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Apachekolos tenuipes
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.