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.