Comprehensive Description
provided by Memoirs of the American Entomological Society
Chrysopilus anthracinus Bigot
1887. Chrysopila anthracina Bigot, Bui. Soc. Zool. France, XII, p. 105. 1908. Chrysopilus anthracinus Kertesz, Cat. Dipt., in, p. 317.
This species has not been recognized since it was originally described by Bigot. The following is a translation of his description:
"Length, 5.5 mm.
" cf. Wholly opaque black, almost bare. Wings pale fuscous, on the outside broadly, more obscure, stigmal spot oblong, fuscous.
"Entirely of an opaque black with very thick set blackish hairs; antennae and palpi with long black hairs; wings of a distinct brownish, a little more clouded on the distal part, stigmal spot elongate, oblong, brown; anal cell of the wings closed before the border.
"California. 1 specimen."
- bibliographic citation
- Leonard, M.D. 1930. A Revision of the Dipterous Family Rhagionidae (Leptidae) in the United States and Canada. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society vol. 7. Philadelphia, USA
