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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCDFFCEFE9A25A2DB97FB57" bold="true" box="[264,409,1193,1219]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Description</emphasis>
. 
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. 
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. Small species, 
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in length. Front silvery tomentose, hair wanting; antenna black; scape with short white hair; pedicel with shorter and less white hair; first flagellomere parallel sided from base to near midpoint, then tapering to acuminate apex; antennal ratio: 7:3:14; face cinereous pollinose, white pilose, bare medially; silvery tomentum lateral to antennal base; oral margin pale; proboscis projects beyond oral margin for a distance approximately one and one­half times head height; gena and occiput white pilose and tomentose, occipital tomentum confined to lower half of occiput; ocellar tubercle with dark (not black) hair.
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCDFFCEFEAA24E1DB82F997" box="[312,396,1514,1539]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Thorax</emphasis>
. Mesonotum dull black; side and anterior margin slightly cinereous pollinose; median longitudinal stripe vague, narrow, extending beyond transverse suture; notum white pilose, tomentum wanting; pleura white pilose and tomentose; legs black with white hair and scales; halter with stem and knob white; scutellum white pilose, tomentum wanting.
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCDFFCEFEAA27B9DB7CF95F" box="[312,370,1714,1739]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Wing</emphasis>
. Hyaline; venation normal; crossvein r­m at middle of cell dm; crossvein m­cu at most only slightly curved; basicosta with white hair.
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCDFFCEFEAA2609DBA8F88F" box="[312,422,1794,1819]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Abdomen</emphasis>
. White pilose, dorsum with scattered pale yellow tomentum, white tomentum elsewhere; tergites with lateral margins narrowly pale; sternites with posterior margins narrowly pale.
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFEAA2017DBA8FEA1" box="[312,422,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Genitalia</emphasis>
(
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) with gonocoxa in ventral view flat without depressions or ridges; gonocoxa in lateral view rectangular, about two times longer than high; gonostylus normal, broadly rounded apically; lateral ramus narrow, narrowly rounded apically, nearly coextensive with gonostylus; dorsolateral ramus short, stub­like aedeagus short.
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFEAA20B0DB9DFE41" bold="true" box="[312,403,443,469]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Female</emphasis>
. As in male except as follows: 
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. Eyes at vertex separated by approximately one and one­half times width of ocellar tubercle; front with white hair and silvery white scales; occiput with silvery white scales. 
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFCD72307D997FDB1" box="[837,921,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Thorax</emphasis>
. Mesonotum and abdomen white pilose and tomentose, however, that on abdomen often yellow; fore tarsi with palynophilic setae. 
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFEC02357DBCFFDE1" box="[338,449,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Genitalia</emphasis>
with posterior projection of tergite VIII black; vaginal furca (
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) simple, upper half narrowly V­shaped; lower half with slender arms straight, then bent slightly inward on apical third, apex not swollen.
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<typeStatus id="AC2AC983FFCCFFCFFEAA23D8DB70FD79" box="[312,382,723,749]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Types</typeStatus>
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. 
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male and allotype (Indian Ranch, Panamint Valley, 
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFCCFFCFFBC823DFDEE0FD7A" authority="County" authorityName="County" box="[1114,1262,724,750]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Inyo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Inyo County</taxonomicName>
, California, 
<date id="072F51E1FFCCFFCFFEF523F7DBEBFC82" box="[359,485,764,790]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1975-04-29">29.iv.1975</date>
, J.C. Hall) on 
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFD0423F7D8F3FC81" box="[662,765,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Prosopis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFC9C23F7D98BFC81" box="[782,901,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Paratypes</emphasis>
</typeStatus>
. 
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFC0723F0DE18FC81" bold="true" box="[917,1046,763,789]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">California</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFCCFFCFFBB523F7DECFFC82" authority="County" authorityName="County" box="[1063,1217,764,790]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Inyo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Inyo County</taxonomicName>
: 7, topotypic, taken with 
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; 8, Warm Sulphur Springs, 
<date id="072F51E1FFCCFFCFFCE6222FDE0DFCAA" box="[884,1027,804,830]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1985-08-15">15.viii.1985</date>
(J.C. Hall); 
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. N Shoshone, 
<date id="072F51E1FFCCFFCFFE182247D816FCF2" box="[394,536,844,870]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1979-08-29">29.viii.1979</date>
(J.C. Hall &amp; N.L. Evenhuis). San Bernardino County: 
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. N. Hinckley, 
<date id="072F51E1FFCCFFCFFE10227FDBF6FC1A" box="[386,504,884,910]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1982-10-13">13.x.1982</date>
(J.C. Hall); 2, Mesquite Springs, 
<date id="072F51E1FFCCFFCFFC1C227FDE03FC1A" box="[910,1037,884,910]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1984-04-12">12.iv.1984</date>
, 
<date id="072F51E1FFCCFFCFFB88227FDE81FC1A" box="[1050,1167,884,910]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1982-05-25">25.v.1982</date>
(J.C. Hall, J. LaSalle). Los Angeles County: 
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N. Lancaster (P.H. Timberlake); 7, 2.3 mi. E Little Rock, 
<date id="072F51E1FFCCFFCFFEC822CFDBD9FC4A" box="[346,471,964,990]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1950-09-13">13.ix.1950</date>
(P.H. Timberlake), San Diego County: 1, Borrego Valley, 
<date id="072F51E1FFCCFFCFFB2322CFDF23FC4A" box="[1201,1325,964,990]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1957-04-18">18.iv.1957</date>
(J.C. Hall). Imperial County: 1, Salton Sea Beach, 
<date id="072F51E1FFCCFFCFFCC522E7D9DDFB92" box="[855,979,1004,1030]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1953-04-30">30.iv.1953</date>
(J.C. Hall). 
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFBF222E0DECBFB91" bold="true" box="[1120,1221,1003,1029]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Arizona</emphasis>
. Carrizo Creek, 
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(P.P. Cook). 
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFDE62518D8DCFBB9" bold="true" box="[628,722,1043,1069]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Nevada</emphasis>
. Nye County: 
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. N Warm Springs, 
<date id="072F51E1FFCCFFCFFB26251FDF24FBBA" box="[1204,1322,1044,1070]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1980-07-07">7.vii.1980</date>
(J.C. Hall). 
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and allotype deposited in USNM. 
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deposited in USNM and UCR.
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFEAA2580DBA5FB31" bold="true" box="[312,427,1163,1189]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Variation</emphasis>
. This species is one of the few that expresses little variation. The tomentum on the female varies from pale yellow to yellow. The vaginal furca varies slightly depending upon the degree of sclerotization.
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFEAA2408DBB2FA89" bold="true" box="[312,444,1283,1309]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Discussion</emphasis>
. 
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,
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is very similar to 
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, 
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; the two are often taken together. The configuration of the genitalia of both sexes amply separates the two species. 
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is frequently taken on flowers of 
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFCCFFCFFC6D245FDB36FA01" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Heliotropium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Boraginales" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="curvassavicum">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFC6D245FDB36FA01" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Heliotropium curvassavicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This is one of the few species that has the legs entirely black.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3B8B24AAFFCCFFCFFEAA24A8DE66FA72" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="732E7721FFCCFFCFFEAA24A8DE66FA72" blockId="27.[264,1326,284,1630]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFEAA24A8DB9AFA29" bold="true" box="[312,404,1443,1469]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Biology</emphasis>
. Immature stages unknown. Adults have been taken at flowers of 
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFCCFFCFFB0624AFDEF5FA29" box="[1172,1275,1444,1469]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Prosopis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Fabales" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFB0624AFDEF5FA29" box="[1172,1275,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Prosopis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp., 
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFCCFFCFFE9A24C7D854FA71" box="[264,602,1484,1509]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Heliotropium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Boraginales" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="curvassavicum">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFE9A24C7D854FA71" box="[264,602,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Heliotropium curvassavicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFCCFFCFFDFB24C7D92CFA71" box="[617,802,1484,1509]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Chrysothamnus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFDFB24C7D92CFA71" box="[617,802,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Chrysothamnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp., and 
<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFCCFFCFFC1824C7DE6FFA71" box="[906,1121,1484,1509]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Gutierrezia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lucida">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFC1824C7DE6FFA71" box="[906,1121,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gutierrezia lucida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3B8B24AAFFCCFFCFFEAA24F8D9FBF99A" box="[312,1013,1523,1550]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="732E7721FFCCFFCFFEAA24F8D9FBF99A" blockId="27.[264,1326,284,1630]" box="[312,1013,1523,1550]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFEAA24F8DBDFF999" bold="true" box="[312,465,1523,1549]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Distribution</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFE4D24F8D888F999" bold="true" box="[479,646,1523,1549]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<collectingCountry id="0B8637B1FFCCFFCFFE4D24F8D888F999" box="[479,646,1523,1549]" name="United States of America" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">United States</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
(Arizona, California, Nevada).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3B8B24AAFFCCFFCFFEAA2710DF10F9CA" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="732E7721FFCCFFCFFEAA2710DF10F9CA" blockId="27.[264,1326,284,1630]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFCCFFCFFEAA2710DBB3F9A1" bold="true" box="[312,445,1563,1589]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet derives from the Greek “ ” = small; referring to the relatively small size of this species as compared to most species in this region.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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