Laphria partitor (Banks): Original Description

Banks, N. 1917. Synopsis of the genus Dasyllis (Asilidae). Bulletin Brooklyn Entomological Society Vol. 12, Page 54.


Dasyllis partitor n. sp.--Head mostly yellow hair; thorax with yellow hair, shorter and more sparse in front; the scutellum black; yellow hair in front of the halters and in front of the wings; the apical half of the abdomen yellow haired, leaving only the small apical segment black; legs with some yellow or tawny hair on the basal parts, but the apex of the tibiae and tarsi with red hair above. Length 18 to 20 mm.

From Princeton, British Columbia, July (Russell).





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