Holopogon currani Martin, 1959
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:366A1E81-946C-4ED4-8A65-C51151FE87CC |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583873 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7708F17A-B86C-E552-63F1-FD6E62CAFBE3 |
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Plazi |
scientific name |
Holopogon currani Martin |
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Holopogon currani Martin View in CoL
Holopogon currani Martin, 1959: 17 View in CoL .
Recognition characters: Shining black species; length 7–8 mm; mystax black; thorax gray pollinose laterally, brown pollinose dorsally; scutellar bristles black, scutellar setae lacking; abdomen shining black, lateral setae on abdominal segment 1 white; legs shining black; setae and bristles on femora and tibiae white, on tarsi black.
Distribution: PLATTE: Glendo, 28 July 1961 ( RJL); Guernsey, July 1955 ( WDF); Guernsey State Park, 15 June 1977, 21 July 1971.
Habitat: Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation type. Protected gully in short grass rangeland; rangeland breaks.
Ethology: Rests on and forages from tips of spikes of cheatgrass, Bromus sp.
Prey: None known.
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