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. Front with silver­white tomentum, hair wanting; antenna black; basal two segments with white hair; first flagellomere linear, tapering from base to acuminate apex; antennal ratio: 8:3:16; face cinereous pollinose with white hair, bare medially, tomentum silver­white laterally next to eye margin; oral margin pale; proboscis projects beyond oral margin for a distance about twice head height; gena white pilose and tomentose; occiput white pilose, tomentum white, confined to lower half; ocellar tubercle with mixed white and brownish hair.
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC4FFC7FEAA2604DB82F8BC" box="[312,396,1807,1832]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Thorax</emphasis>
. Mesonotum black with lateral and anterior margins cinereous pollinose; median longitudinal stripe faint, not reaching transverse suture; notum white pilose, shorter black hair medially on posterior half; tomentum wanting; pleura white pilose and tomentose; legs white pilose and tomentose, black, mid and hind tibiae and basitarsi brownish; halter with stem and knob white; scutellum with white hair, tomentum wanting.
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. Hyaline; venation normal; crossvein r­m slightly beyond middle of cell dm; crossvein m­cu slightly sinuous; basicosta with white hair.
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. Dorsum white pilose, with scattered white to pale yellow tomentum; side and venter white pilose and tomentose; tergites with lateral margins pale; sternites with posterior margins narrowly pale.
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FEAA2357DBA8FDE1" box="[312,422,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Genitalia</emphasis>
(
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) with gonocoxa in ventral view flat, without depressions or ridges, in lateral view, rectangular, lower margin, apically with a small rounded protuberance; gonostylus narrow, rounded apically; later ramus narrow, curved apically, coextensive with gonostylus; dorsolateral ramus long, about half length of lateral ramus; aedeagus not evident.
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FEAA2228DB9DFCA9" bold="true" box="[312,403,803,829]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Female</emphasis>
. As in male except as follows:
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. Eyes at vertex separated by about one and one­half times width of ocellar tubercle; front with white hair and tomentum; occiput with pale yellow tomentum on upper half; ocellar tubercle with brown to black hair.
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FB61227FDB21FC21" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Thorax</emphasis>
. Mesonotum with median longitudinal cinereous stripe narrow, reaching beyond transverse suture; notum with pale yellow pile and abundant yellow tomentum; legs black, mid and hind tibiae and basitarsi ferruginous; scutellum with yellow tomentum; fore tarsi with palynophilic setae.
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FE7D251FD850FBB9" box="[495,606,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Abdomen</emphasis>
. Dorsum pale yellow pilose and tomentose, the latter abundant.
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FED92537DBB4FBC1" box="[331,442,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Genitalia</emphasis>
with posterior lobe of tergite VIII ferruginous; vaginal furca (
<figureCitation id="EBAA6BA4FFC3FFC0FB0C2537DEE8FBC2" box="[1182,1254,1084,1110]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 6" captionStartId="5.[264,382,1777,1801]" captionTargetBox="[385,1208,437,1761]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[380,1213,431,1768]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 1 6. Geron vaginal furcae. 1, G. albidipennis Loew. 2, G. albipilosus Hall &amp; Evenhuis, sp. nov. 3, G. arenicola Painter. 4, G. argutus Painter. 5, G. borealis Hall &amp; Evenhuis, sp. nov. 6, G. confusus Hall &amp; Evenhuis, sp. nov." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/156843/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
) simple, upper half narrowly U­shaped; lower half with arms slightly curved, narrow, swollen on inner margin at apex, then flared outward at nearly a right angle.
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male and allotype of
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FD6D25BFD973FB59" box="[767,893,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">G. argutus</emphasis>
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(Medora, Kansas, sand dunes,
<date id="072F51E1FFC3FFC0FB7D25BFDF28FB5A" box="[1263,1318,1204,1230]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">3.vii</date>
, R.H. Painter) in USNM (No. 44871). In the
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, the right first flagellomere is missing; otherwise the
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and allotype are in good condition. The male genitalia have been dissected and placed in a microvial attached to the pin. Both
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and allotype studied by senior author.
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male of
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FD2D245FD956FAF9" box="[703,856,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">G. perplexus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Little Wood Res., Blaine Co., Idaho,
<date id="072F51E1FFC3FFC0FE9A2477DB97FA02" box="[264,409,1404,1430]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" value="1977-08-15">15.viii.1977</date>
, on
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FE5B2477D914FA01" box="[457,794,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus</emphasis>
, A.B. Tabet
</taxonomicName>
) in CAS (No. 14297).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FEAA24AFD827FA29" box="[312,553,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Material Examined</emphasis>
.
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.
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. Coconino County: 1, Flagstaff,
<date id="072F51E1FFC3FFC0FE9A24C7DB83FA72" box="[264,397,1484,1510]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" value="1932-07-27">27.vii.1932</date>
(T.F. Winburn, R.H. Painter) (
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).
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. Fremont County: 1,
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.vii.1959 (N. Marston (
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). La Plata County:
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. E Durango,
<date id="072F51E1FFC3FFC0FB3724FFDF25F99A" box="[1189,1323,1524,1550]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" value="1959-07-10">10.vii.1959</date>
(R.H. Painter) (
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). Routte County:
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. W Steamboat Sprgs.,
<date id="072F51E1FFC3FFC0FBE72717DEF4F9A2" box="[1141,1274,1564,1590]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" value="1963-07-15">15.vii.1963</date>
(N. Marston) (
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).
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FD912748D850F9C9" bold="true" box="[515,606,1603,1629]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Kansas</emphasis>
. 5, Medora, sand dunes,
<date id="072F51E1FFC3FFC0FC22274FD9E3F9CA" box="[944,1005,1604,1630]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">3.vii.</date>
(R.H. Painter) (
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).
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FE9A2760DB68F911" bold="true" box="[264,358,1643,1669]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Nevada</emphasis>
. Nye County: 1, Mercury,
<date id="072F51E1FFC3FFC0FD292767D932F912" box="[699,828,1644,1670]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" value="1964-06-27">27.vi.1964</date>
; 1, same data,
<date id="072F51E1FFC3FFC0FC6F2767DE76F912" box="[1021,1144,1644,1670]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" value="1961-07-09">9.vii.1961</date>
; 1, same data,
<date id="072F51E1FFC3FFC0FE9A279FDB94F93A" box="[264,410,1684,1710]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" value="1961-08-12">12.viii.1961</date>
; 1, same data,
<date id="072F51E1FFC3FFC0FDF3279FD8D3F93A" box="[609,733,1684,1710]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" value="1961-06-11">11.vi.1961</date>
(
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).
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FCFA2798DE07F939" bold="true" box="[872,1033,1683,1709]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
New
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</emphasis>
. Catron County: Datil,
<date id="072F51E1FFC3FFC0FE9A27B7DB80F942" box="[264,398,1724,1750]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" value="1930-07-17">17.vii.1930</date>
(T.F. Winburn &amp; R.H. Painter) (
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); Hidalgo County:
<quantity id="B469DAC4FFC3FFC0FB0027B7DEF7F942" box="[1170,1273,1724,1750]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5749504" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" unit="mi" value="1.6">1, 6 mi</quantity>
. W. Pachuca,
<date id="072F51E1FFC3FFC0FEEA27EFDBFAF96A" box="[376,500,1764,1790]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" value="1960-04-19">19.iv.1960</date>
(R.H. &amp; E.M. Painter) (
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).
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FCE927E8D9B7F969" bold="true" box="[891,953,1763,1789]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Utah</emphasis>
. Millard County:
<quantity id="B469DAC4FFC3FFC0FB1E27EFDEFEF96A" box="[1164,1264,1764,1790]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.34964224" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" unit="mi" value="1.46">1, 46 mi</quantity>
. NW Delta,
<date id="072F51E1FFC3FFC0FECB2607DBC7F8B2" box="[345,457,1804,1830]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" value="1965-09-04">4.ix.1965</date>
(R.H. &amp; E.M. Painter) (
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).
<collectingCountry id="0B8637B1FFC3FFC0FCF52607D9CAF8B2" box="[871,964,1804,1830]" name="Mexico" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Mexico</collectingCountry>
.
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FC422600DEC0F8B1" bold="true" box="[976,1230,1803,1829]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Baja California Sur</emphasis>
: 1, Las Barracas,
<date id="072F51E1FFC3FFC0FEEF263FDBF3F8DA" box="[381,509,1844,1870]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" value="1983-06-23">23.vi.1983</date>
, on
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC3FFC0FDBC263FD9E0F8DA" authority="P. DeBach" authorityName="P. DeBach" box="[558,1006,1844,1870]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Haplopappus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sonoriensis">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC3FFC0FDBC263FD954F8D9" box="[558,858,1844,1869]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Haplopappus sonoriensis</emphasis>
(P. DeBach)
</taxonomicName>
(
<collectionCode id="1580EFE4FFC3FFC0FC6F263FDE4EF8DA" box="[1021,1088,1844,1870]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">UCR</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3B8B24AAFFC2FFC1FEAA2010D8E5FE3A" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="description">
<paragraph id="732E7721FFC2FFC1FEAA2010D8E5FE3A" blockId="21.[264,1324,283,1390]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FEAA2010DBA5FEA1" bold="true" box="[312,427,283,309]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Variation</emphasis>
. With the usual color variations in the pile and tomentum; the ocellar tubercle may or may not have black hair. In the female, the lobe on the eighth tergite is often black instead of ferruginous; the basal lobes on the vaginal furca may not be developed to the same extent as described and figured.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3B8B24AAFFC2FFC1FEAA20B0D94AFCF2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="732E7721FFC2FFC1FEAA20B0D94AFCF2" blockId="21.[264,1324,283,1390]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FEAA20B0DBB2FE41" bold="true" box="[312,444,443,469]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Discussion</emphasis>
. The
<typeStatus id="AC2AC983FFC2FFC1FD9220B7D87EFE42" box="[512,624,444,470]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
listed by
<bibRefCitation id="17000AD0FFC2FFC1FD7620B7D982FE42" author="Painter" box="[740,908,444,470]" pageId="21" pageNumber="70" refString="Painter, R. H. (1932) A monographic study of the genus Geron as it occurs in the United states (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58, 139 - 167." type="journal article" year="1932">Painter (1932)</bibRefCitation>
from Port Lavaca, Texas belong to
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FE9A20EFDB76FE69" box="[264,376,484,509]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="senilis">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FE9A20EFDB76FE69" box="[264,376,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">G. senilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and not
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FE7020EFD851FE69" box="[482,607,484,509]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argutus">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FE7020EFD851FE69" box="[482,607,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">G. argutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The two species are very similar and are separated only by the genitalia. In the male of
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FDC32307D8C2FDB1" box="[593,716,524,549]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argutus">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FDC32307D8C2FDB1" box="[593,716,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">G. argutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, there is a small projection on the ventral margin of the gonocoxa, this is wanting in
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FD13233FD91DFDD9" box="[641,787,564,589]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arenicola">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FD13233FD91DFDD9" box="[641,787,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">G. arenicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In the females, the shape of the vaginal furca differs by the configuration of the arms of the lower half, in
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FC742357DE6AFDE1" box="[998,1124,604,629]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argutus">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FC742357DE6AFDE1" box="[998,1124,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">G. argutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
they are narrow and slightly curved and without inward projecting arms (
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), while in
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FBCD238FDE7AFD09" box="[1119,1140,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">G</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FB10238FDEFFFD09" box="[1154,1265,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">arenicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
they are stout and straight, and there are prominent inward projecting arms (
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).
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synonymized
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FD0223DFD925FD79" box="[656,811,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">G. perplexus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(then a
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FC0823DFDE4AFD79" box="[922,1092,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">nomen nudum</emphasis>
) under
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FB3B23DFDF25FD79" box="[1193,1323,724,749]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argutus">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FB3B23DFDF25FD79" box="[1193,1323,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">G. argutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on unpublished notes in this study regarding similar configuration of the male genitalia. The description of
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FDB7222FD8B4FCA9" box="[549,698,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">G. perplexus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="17000AD0FFC2FFC1FD76222FD974FCAA" author="Tabet" box="[740,890,804,830]" pageId="21" pageNumber="71" refString="Tabet, A. B. [2001] Three new species of Geron from Idaho (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (Tripoli), 6 [1998], 48 - 52. [The date on the cover is &quot; 1998 &quot;, but correspondence with Tabet confirmed that this part was not issued until June 2001.]" type="journal article" year="2001">Tabet (2001)</bibRefCitation>
fits the characters that distinguish
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FA9C222FDB6EFCF1" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">G. argutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and it is thus synonymized under it here.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3B8B24AAFFC2FFC1FEAA2278DBB5FA8A" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="732E7721FFC2FFC1FEAA2278DBB5FA8A" blockId="21.[264,1324,283,1390]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FEAA2278DB9AFC19" bold="true" box="[312,404,883,909]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Biology</emphasis>
. One record of parasitization is known.
<bibRefCitation id="17000AD0FFC2FFC1FC39227FDF25FC1A" author="Purrington" box="[939,1323,884,910]" pageId="21" pageNumber="70" refString="Purrington, F. F. &amp; Evenhuis, N. L. (2001) A clearwing moth host (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) for the bee fly, Geron argutus (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Entomological News, 112, 178 - 182." type="journal article" year="2001">Purrington &amp; Evenhuis (2001)</bibRefCitation>
recorded the first record of a species of
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FD672297D931FC21" box="[757,831,924,949]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FD672297D931FC21" box="[757,831,924,949]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Geron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from a sesiid,
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FC6B2297DF0FFC21" box="[1017,1281,924,949]" class="Insecta" family="Sesiidae" genus="Synanthedon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="polygoni">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FC6B2297DF0FFC21" box="[1017,1281,924,949]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Synanthedon polygoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, in Oregon. Several larvae and pupae of the hosts were obtained from a low growing
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FB7522CFDF2DFC49" box="[1255,1315,964,989]" class="Hydrozoa" family="Diphyidae" genus="Gilia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonophorae" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FB7522CFDF2DFC49" box="[1255,1315,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Gilia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Rearing of pupae produced one
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FD0D22E7D95EFB91" box="[671,848,1004,1029]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argutus">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FD0D22E7D95EFB91" box="[671,848,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Geron argutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
pupa. The pupa characteristically has reduced cephalic spines and short abdominal hairs. Adults have been taken at flowers of
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FE9A2537D9B3FBC1" box="[264,957,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FE9A2537D8CBFBC1" authority="Daucus" authorityName="Daucus" box="[264,709,1084,1109]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Chrysothamnus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="viscidiflorus">Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Daucus</taxonomicName>
carota, Sphaeralcea
</emphasis>
sp.,
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FC652537D899FBE9" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FC652537DB65FBE9" authority="Heliotus" authorityName="Heliotus" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Haplopappus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sonoriensis">Haplopappus sonoriensis, Heliotus</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FEE7256FDBA2FBE9" box="[373,428,1124,1149]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alba">alba</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FE28256FD899FBE9" box="[442,663,1124,1149]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Polygonaceae" genus="Eriogonum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Polygonales" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="elatum">Eriogonum elatum</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FD35256FD9CEFBE9" box="[679,960,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FD35256FD955FBE9" box="[679,859,1124,1149]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Nepeta" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cataria">Nepeta cataria</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FCFB256FD9CEFBE9" box="[873,960,1124,1149]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Salsola" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Salsola</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
sp., and
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FBBC256FDE9BFBE9" box="[1070,1173,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Psorelea</emphasis>
sp. Females of
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FEB92587DBA7FB31" box="[299,425,1164,1189]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argutus">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FEB92587DBA7FB31" box="[299,425,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">G. argutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were observed by the junior author hovering and bobbing over a patch of catnip (
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFC2FFC1FEF025BFD81DFB59" box="[354,531,1204,1229]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Nepeta" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cataria">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FEF025BFD81DFB59" box="[354,531,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Nepeta cataria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) in Sedona, Arizona in the summer of 1988. One female was seen landing and laying three eggs on the leaf axil of a plant; then it flew away. Attempts to rear the eggs failed.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3B8B24AAFFC2FFC1FEAA2420DECFFAFA" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="732E7721FFC2FFC1FEAA2420DECFFAFA" blockId="21.[264,1324,283,1390]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FEAA2420DBDFFAD1" bold="true" box="[312,465,1323,1349]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Distribution</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="0B8637B1FFC2FFC1FE762420D881FAD1" box="[484,655,1323,1349]" name="United States of America" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FE762420D881FAD1" bold="true" box="[484,655,1323,1349]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">United States</emphasis>
</collectingCountry>
(Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, New
<collectingCountry id="0B8637B1FFC2FFC1FB592427DF26FAD2" box="[1227,1320,1324,1350]" name="Mexico" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Mexico</collectingCountry>
, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming;
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFC2FFC1FD662458D941FAF9" bold="true" box="[756,847,1363,1389]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<collectingCountry id="0B8637B1FFC2FFC1FD662458D941FAF9" box="[756,847,1363,1389]" name="Mexico" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Mexico</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
(Baja California Sur, Hidalgo).
</paragraph>
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