Leptogaster murinus Loew

Leptogaster murinus Loew, 1862: 190 .

Recognition characters: Brownish species; length 7–13 mm; mystax white; thorax silvery gray pollinose laterally and brown dorsally; scutellum gray pollinose lacking bristles, few white marginal setae present; wings with brownish aspect; abdomen brown and gray pollinose; legs yellow with only the apical third of hind tibiae brown.

Distribution: PLATTE: Gray Rocks Ranch, Camp Guernsey, 25 June 2008 (CSU, GMAD). SHERIDAN: Sheridan, 6 June 1947; 10 June 1947 (REP); Sheridan, WANG, LTA, 2001a (CSU, GMAD), 14–15 June 2007 (CSU, GMAD). WYOMING: 1881 (HKM) (specimen USNM); unknown (specimen in USNM).

Habitat: Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass and grama-buffalo grass grassland vegetation types.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None Known.