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, 107, 118 [in key, description].—
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, 264, 256, 267 [key and discussion including a brief description and biological notes].—
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714, 725 726 [Division B in key, discussion of
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[assoc. with damaged stems of spike rush,
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFCB1E367666B6191477F9D3" box="[883,1088,1627,1651]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Eleocharis palustris</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BDF5037FFCB1E367582B6E31220F87B" blockId="14.[151,1437,1697,2011]" pageId="14" pageNumber="415">Diagnosis.—Ocellar triangle yellow except ocellar tubercle gray to black, evenly tomentose; vertex light grayish yellow; occiput gray to black; postpedicel dorsal one third to one half black, remainder yellow; prosternum bright yellow; scutum ground color yellow anteriorly, gray posteriorly, entirely tomentose; postpronotal lobe yellow, tomentose; notopleuron mostly light gray to yellow, tomentose; pleuron mostly to entirely yellow, katepisternum and meron may be mostly brown, ventral polished area continuous from propleuron to meron; legs various from mostly yellow with dark spot on central portion of hind femur and tibia to mostly dark gray, tarsi dark; tibial organ light gray to yellow; syntergite 1+2 usually yellow with brownish spots medially and laterally, remaining tergites brown with yellow posterior margins; male cerci small, rounded triangulate; surstylus long, narrow, parallel sided, distally rounded with angulate tip.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFCA1E37758DB77D116DF8F7" bold="true" box="[152,346,1855,1879]" pageId="15" pageNumber="416">FIGURES 15–22.</emphasis>
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morphology. 15,
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFCA1E37779FB7021327F8F7" box="[650,784,1855,1879]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="416">M. albipalpis</emphasis>
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habitus, lateral view. 16,
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFCA1E377106B7021448F8F7" box="[1043,1151,1855,1879]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="416">M. bispina</emphasis>
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habitus, lateral view. 17,
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFCA1E377094B70210D3F8DB" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="416">M. dorsata</emphasis>
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habitus, lateral view. 18,
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFCA1E3774FAB7261261F8DB" box="[495,598,1891,1915]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="416">M. infesta</emphasis>
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habitus, lateral view. 19,
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFCA1E377675B72613EBF8DB" box="[864,988,1891,1915]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="416">M. insularis</emphasis>
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habitus, lateral view. 20,
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFCA1E3771F3B7261571F8DB" box="[1254,1350,1892,1915]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="416">M. minor</emphasis>
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habitus, lateral view. 21,
<taxonomicName id="4C602BB4FFCA1E37742AB7CA1199F83F" authorityName="Foster" authorityYear="2024" box="[319,430,1927,1951]" class="Insecta" family="Chloropidae" genus="Microcercis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="416" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="johanni">
<emphasis id="B9148C25FFCA1E37742AB7CA1199F83F" box="[319,430,1927,1951]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="416">M. johanni</emphasis>
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habitus, lateral view. 22,
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFCA1E3777A7B7CA131FF83F" box="[690,808,1927,1951]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="416">M. murphyi</emphasis>
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habitus, lateral view.
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Description.—Body length; female:
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFD51E2875D2B0F9113AFF75" box="[199,269,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Head:</emphasis>
Ocellar triangle dull grey to blackish only on the ocellar tubercle, the remainder yellow to orange, tomentose; vertex light grayish yellow; occiput dark gray to black tomentose dorsally, becoming orange/yellow ventrally; frons yellow; scape and pedicel yellow, postpedicel dorsal one third to one half black, remainder yellow; arista black, pubescent; face, palps, gena and clypeus bright yellow; prementum polished brown, labellum light to dark brown; gena to eye ratio 0.20.
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFD51E2875D2B12D1199FE29" box="[199,430,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Cephalic chaetotaxy</emphasis>
: Fronto-orbital setae dark brown to black; interfrontal setae brown; ocellar setae gray to black; postocellar setae gray to black; outer vertical setae gray to black; inner vertical setae gray; postocular setae short, fine, gray to black; vibrissae yellow; subgenal setae yellow.
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFD51E2875D2B1991116FE55" box="[199,289,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Thorax:</emphasis>
Prosternum bright yellow; prescutum polished black; scutum with yellow setulae, gray tomentum over a yellowish ground color anteriorly becoming a gray ground color posteriorly; postpronotal lobe yellow; notopleuron light gray to yellow, tomentose; pleuron mostly to entirely yellow, katepisternum and meron may be mostly brown, ventral polished area continuous from propleuron to meron; anatergite light gray and lateral portions of mediotergite darker and more densely gray tomentose, mediotergite black and lightly tomentose centrally; scutellum mostly gray, tomentose medially with margin yellow, yellow color sometimes only visible from posterior view; subscutellum with light gray tomentum; wing length
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFD51E2875D2B35D119BFC99" box="[199,428,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Thoracic chaetotaxy</emphasis>
: Scapular seta absent; scutal and scutellar setae yellow to black.
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFD51E2875D2B301110DFCFD" box="[199,314,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Abdomen:</emphasis>
Syntergite 1+2 mostly yellowish with brownish areas medially and laterally; remaining tergites brown centrally, yellow along the posterior margin and lateral edges, with many scattered yellowish setulae. Male terminalia (figs. 33, 34): epandrium black tomentose, cerci small, rounded triangulate; surstylus long, narrow, parallel sided, distally rounded with angulate tip. Female cerci and preceding segment black, contrasting with bright yellow terminalia.
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Distribution.—Nearctic:
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,
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).
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Discussion.—This species is distinguished from most other
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFD51E287673B4E913DCFB64" box="[870,1003,1195,1220]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Microcercis</emphasis>
species
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by its mostly yellow, ventrally polished, pleuron and yellowish to mostly gray scutum. Also, the male surstyli are longer than the other species of
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFD51E287582B4B1112BFAAC" box="[151,284,1267,1292]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Microcercis</emphasis>
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.
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I have mostly found this species on lawns and other grassy areas inland but have seen some material from coastal marshes and beach dunes. I usually only find a few specimens at a time, the most being
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from a grassy lawn area at the entrance to the
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.
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<paragraph id="8BDF5037FFD51E2875D8B5C115A3F9F1" blockId="16.[151,1437,151,1833]" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">
<bibRefCitation id="EFF12DC6FFD51E2875D8B5C111B1FA3D" author="Sabrosky, C. W." box="[205,390,1410,1437]" pageId="16" pageNumber="417" pagination="207 - 268" refId="ref23562" refString="Sabrosky, C. W. (1935) The Chloropidae of Kansas (Diptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 61 (3), 207 - 268." type="journal article" year="1935">Sabrosky (1935)</bibRefCitation>
reports that
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFD51E28771AB5C11241FA3C" box="[527,630,1411,1436]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">M. minor</emphasis>
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can be extremely common in
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(nearly one half of all the
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFD51E287020B5C115ABFA3C" box="[1333,1436,1411,1436]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">M. minor</emphasis>
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material examined for this study came from
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, likely due to the heavy collecting done there in the 1930s by Sabrosky and others), and it has often been taken sweeping pasture grasses and wheat. He also notes that it has been reared from wheat and that the species has three generations per year beginning in April and continuing to November. Additional records (below) indicate that it has also been reared from barley, corn,
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFD51E2871B0B65114C0F98D" box="[1189,1271,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Elymus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFD51E287011B6511509F98D" box="[1284,1342,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Stipa</emphasis>
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, and the egg pod of a grasshopper,
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFD51E2874ABB6751286F9F1" box="[446,689,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Melanoplus bivittatus</emphasis>
(
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)
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. The latter record is unconfirmed and likely doubtful.
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Based on the material examined from multiple states,
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<emphasis id="B9148C25FFD51E28763DB61913A6F9D4" box="[808,913,1627,1652]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">M. minor</emphasis>
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seems to be the most common and ubiquitous species of the genus in North America. Fresh specimens are orangish, becoming more yellow with drying and ageing, and there is a less common form that shows a darker mesonotum, pleuron, and legs.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF12DC6FFD51E2875D2B6851150F941" author="Adams, C. F." box="[199,359,1734,1761]" pageId="16" pageNumber="417" pagination="108 - 111" refId="ref21576" refString="Adams, C. F. (1905) On the North American species of Oscinis. Entomological News, 16, 108 - 111." type="journal article" year="1905">Adams (1905)</bibRefCitation>
based his description on
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from Opelousas,
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without designating any one of them as the
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.
<bibRefCitation id="EFF12DC6FFD51E2874A1B6A91258F8A5" author="Sabrosky, C." box="[436,623,1771,1797]" pageId="16" pageNumber="417" pagination="707 - 728" refId="ref23595" refString="Sabrosky, C. (1936) A synopsis of the Nearctic species of Oscinella and Madiza, based on a study of the types (Diptera, Chloropidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 29, 707 - 728. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 29.4.707" type="journal article" year="1936">Sabrosky (1936)</bibRefCitation>
having found and examined them in the Hough Collection of the Field Museum of Chicago, designated a female of the series as
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but gave no more information.
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