Holopogon vockerothi Martin 1959
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Holopogon vockerothi Martin
Holopogon vockerothi Martin, 1959: 31.
Recognition characters: Blackish species; length 7 mm; mystax blackish brown with some pale setae; thorax brown pollinose with brown setae, thinner medially than laterally and along the anterior margin; wings hyaline, slightly tinged with sparse, brown microtrichia, pale setae at base of costal vein; abdomen shining blue-black, brown setae dorsally; legs black; hind femora with apical half of dorsal surface with sparse, reddish brown, recumbent setae, basal half with white, erect setae; hind tibiae with dense short, orange-yellow setae ventrally, dark reddish brown setae anteriorly and posteriorly.
Distribution: PLATTE: Fort Laramie to Wheatland Road 11, 13 km SW of Fort Laramie, 28 July 1984 (HBL) (specimen in CAS).
Habitat: Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation type.
Ethology: None known.
Prey: None known.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Martin
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Asilidae
- Genus
- Holopogon
- Species
- vockerothi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Holopogon vockerothi Martin, 1959 sec. Lavigne & Dennis, 2019
References
- Martin, C. H. (1959) The Holopogon complex of North America, excluding Mexico, with the descriptions of a new genus and a new subgenus (Diptera, Asilidae). American Museum Novitates, 1980, 1 - 40.