Holopogon vockerothi Martin, 1959

Lavigne, Robert J. & Dennis, Steve, 2019, Robber flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) of Wyoming, USA with keys to genera and species, Zootaxa 4662 (1), pp. 1-126 : 80

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583875
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scientific name	Holopogon vockerothi Martin
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Holopogon vockerothi Martin View in CoL

Holopogon vockerothi Martin, 1959: 31 View in CoL .

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.

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.