Laphria astur Osten-Sacken

Laphria (Dasyllis) astur Osten-Sacken: 285.

Recognition characters: Black and yellow species; length 11–14 mm; mystax yellow above, black below; thorax black with dense mat of yellow setae dorsally; scutellar setae and bristles black; wings brownish; abdomen black, pile on segments 1–2 (or 3) black dorsally, yellow laterally, pile on remaining segments yellow; legs, black with black and yellow setae, bristles black.

Distribution: LINCOLN: Little Greys River, 9 July 1967 (OLP) (specimen in CAS). TETON: Moran Canyon, Grand Teton National Park, 2,134 –2,286 m (7,000 –7,500 ft), 4 Aug. 1966 (RJL).

Habitat: Pine-douglas fir forest (clearings within the forest where shrubs and grasses are dominant), and sagebrush steppe shrub and grassland vegetation types. Clearing in mixed coniferous forest on east side of the Tetons.

Ethology: Nothing known.

Prey: None known.