Black-booted Micropanther Atomosia rufipes Macquart, 1847    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Diptera   >   Family Asilidae   >   Genus Atomosia   

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Widespread east of the Rocky Mountains. Has distinctive mostly yellow to orange legs, which it shares with the congeneric A. sayii. A. rufipes shows a dark distal end to hind tibiae, and there are differences in wing venation (Barnes 2008).

There are 3 records in the project database.

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