Holopogon atripennis Back, 1909
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4662.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5583867 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7708F17A-B86F-E551-63F1-FA4862CAF8CA |
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Plazi |
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Holopogon atripennis Back |
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Holopogon atripennis Back View in CoL
Holopogon atripennis Back, 1909: 312 View in CoL .
Recognition characters: Blackish species; length 5–7 mm; mystax white; thorax gray pollinose, pilosity less dense than preceding setae on abdominal segment 1 only; wings brown; legs black, setae and bristles white on femora and tibiae, black on tarsi.
Distribution: PLATTE: 64 km NE of Laramie, 13 July 1937 ( RHB-UK): Laramie Peak, Laramie Mtns.; 17 July 1964 ( RJL, FRH).
Habitat: Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation type. Local population occurred in stand of mountain mahogany on edge of clearing, on mountainside.
Ethology: Rests on and forages from tips of dead branches of mountain mahogany 0.6– 1 m above the ground.
Prey: None known.
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