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Holopogon vockerothi Martin 1959

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, Steve, 2019, Robber flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA with keys to genera and species, pp. 1-126 in Zootaxa 4662 (1) on page 80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3383448

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Additional details

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.