Andrenosoma fulvicaudum

Andrenosoma fulvicaudum is a species of robber fly in the family Asilidae.[1][2][3][4] It was first formally named as Laphria fulvicauda by Thomas Say in 1823. The type specimen was from Missouri, but was lost.

Andrenosoma fulvicaudum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae
Genus: Andrenosoma
Species:
A. fulvicaudum
Binomial name
Andrenosoma fulvicaudum
(Say, 1823)
Synonyms[1]
  • Laphria fulvicauda Say, 1823
  • Nusa lutea McAtee, 1919

Description

Andrenosoma fulvicaudum reaches 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) in length.

The head is covered with white hair. Mustache (mystax) black, stout bristles. Some black bristles around antenna base.

The antennae are black and short with 3 joints.

The thorax is black and gray with two wide black stripes down the center. The thorax sides (pleura) have long, white hair. Segment 2 (scutellum) is small with black bristles.

Wings: Dark, blackish. Veins smudged brownish.  

Legs: Black with long white hair. Feet have shorter black bristles. Toes yellow.

Abdomen: Blue-black on 1st 4 segments, covered with long white hair on sides. Last 3 (sometimes 4) segments reddish-brown. Female ovipositor pointed, brownish.

Habitat

Andrena fulvicaudum occurs in dry, sandy locations with trees. It rests on logs, trunks, and stumps in sunlight.

Biology

It eats bees and wasps; in one report it ate wood boring beetles. It flies in July and August.

Adults are found on tree trunks. Larvae and pupa have been collected under oak log bark in cells of the buprestid Chrysobothris femorata.

References
  1. "Andrenosoma fulvicaudum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  2. "Andrenosoma fulvicaudum species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  3. "Andrenosoma fulvicaudum". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  4. "Andrenosoma fulvicaudum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  • Journal of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 1823, Vol. 3 by Say, pg. 53.
  • Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 1884, Vol. 11 by Williston, pg. 33.
  • Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 1864, Vol. 3 by Walsh, pg. 242.
  • Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 1907, Vol. 33 by Jones, pp. 281-282.
  • Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1911, Vol. 32 by Johnson, pg. 61.
  • Ohio State University, 1934: Thesis Asilidae by Bromley, pp. 305-310.
  • The Great Lakes Entomologist, 1975, Vol. 8 #2 by Baker & Fischer, pg. 37.
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