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<taxonomicName id="B4910CA2FFFCFFFFFE9A260FD88DF88A" ID-CoL="8C7TB" authority="Hall &amp; Evenhuis" authorityName="Hall &amp; Evenhuis" box="[264,643,1796,1822]" class="Insecta" family="Bombyliidae" genus="Geron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="notios" status="sp. nov.">Geron notios Hall &amp; Evenhuis</taxonomicName>
,
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.
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.
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFCFFFFFE6D264ED830F8CA" box="[511,574,1861,1886]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Head</emphasis>
. Front silvery tomentose, hair wanting; antenna black; scape with long white hair, apex with shorter black hair; pedicel with short black hair; first flagellomere evenly tapering from base to acuminate apex; antennal ratio: 7:3:18; face cinereous pollinose, white pilose, bare medially, silvery tomentum lateral to antennal base; oral margin white; proboscis projects beyond oral margin for a distance about two times head height; gena white pilose and tomentose; occiput with lower half white pilose and tomentose, upper half pale yellow pilose, tomentum wanting; ocellar tubercle with yellow to black hair.
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFBFFF8FEAA233FDB82FDD9" box="[312,396,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Thorax</emphasis>
. Mesonotum dull black, lateral margin vaguely brownish; median longitudinal stripe vague, short, medially divided, not reaching transverse suture; notum with pale yellow pile, shorter black hair medially behind transverse suture; tomentum golden yellow, scattered; pleura white pilose and tomentose; legs black with white hair and scales, mid and hind tibiae brownish to ferruginous; halter with stem and knob pale yellowish; scutellum pale yellow pilose, tomentum golden yellow scattered.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFBFFF8FEAA222FDB7CFCA9" box="[312,370,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Wing</emphasis>
. Hyaline; venation normal; crossvein r­m at middle of cell dm; crossvein m­cu sinuate; basicosta with pale yellow hair.
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<paragraph id="732E7721FFFBFFF8FEAA227FD8C7FC4A" blockId="44.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFBFFF8FEAA227FDB82FC19" box="[312,396,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Thorax</emphasis>
. Abdominal dorsum white to pale yellow pilose, tomentum golden yellow, scattered; side and venter white pilose and tomentose; tergites with lateral margins black; sternites with posterior margins black.
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<paragraph id="732E7721FFFBFFF8FEAA22E7DE2FFB32" blockId="44.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFBFFF8FEAA22E7DBA8FB91" box="[312,422,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="EBAA6BA4FFFBFFF8FE2422E7D802FB92" box="[438,524,1004,1030]" captionStart="FIGURES 46 49" captionStartId="43.[264,382,1573,1597]" captionTargetBox="[325,1257,610,1549]" captionTargetId="figure@43.[321,1262,607,1553]" captionTargetPageId="43" captionText="FIGURES 46 49. Geron male genitalia. 46, G. niveus Painter; a, lateral view; b, tip of gonocoxa, dorsal view, epiphallus removed. 47, G. notios Hall &amp; Evenhuis, sp. nov.; a, lateral view; b, gonocoxa, dorsal view. 48, G. painteri Hall &amp; Evenhuis, sp. nov.; a, lateral view; b, tip of gonocoxa, ventral view. 49, G. parvidus Painter; a, lateral view; b, gonocoxa, dorsal view, epiphallus and phallic complex removed." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/156854/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Fig. 47</figureCitation>
) with gonocoxa in ventral view with two depressions separated by a median ridge; gonocoxa in lateral view elongate­rectangular, lower margin undulate, without a projection; gonostylus about four times longer than high, in dorsal view narrow, inner margin curved medially; lateral ramus narrow, slightly shorter than gonostylus; dorsolateral ramus narrow, long but not reaching apex of lateral ramus.
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFBFFF8FEAA25B8DB9DFB59" bold="true" box="[312,403,1203,1229]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Female</emphasis>
. As in male except as follows:
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFBFFF8FC9225BFD931FB59" box="[768,831,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Head</emphasis>
. Eyes separated at vertex by one and onehalf times width of ocellar tubercle; front with yellow hair, middle with golden yellow tomentum, side, next to eye margin with silver­white tomentum; upper half of occiput with golden yellow tomentum.
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFBFFF8FDAF2427D89CFAD1" box="[573,658,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Thorax</emphasis>
. Mesonotum with lateral and anterior margins cinereous pollinose; median longitudinal stripe reaches transverse suture; notum with abundant golden yellow tomentum; fore tarsi with palynophilic setae.
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFBFFF8FC7D2477DE50FA01" box="[1007,1118,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Abdomen</emphasis>
. Dorsum yellow pilose, golden yellow tomentose.
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFBFFF8FD0D24AFD900FA29" box="[671,782,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Genitalia</emphasis>
with posterior projection of tergite VIII fulvous; vaginal furca (
<figureCitation id="EBAA6BA4FFFBFFF8FE6E24C7D85CFA72" box="[508,594,1484,1510]" captionStart="FIGURES 13 18" captionStartId="7.[264,383,1579,1603]" captionTargetBox="[427,1170,314,1567]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[417,1178,313,1569]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 13 18. Geron vaginal furcae. 13, G. monticola Hall &amp; Evenhuis, sp. nov. 14, G. nevadensis Hall &amp; Evenhuis, sp. nov. 15, G. nigripes Painter. 16, G. notios Hall &amp; Evenhuis, sp. nov. 17, G. painteri Hall Evenhuis, sp. nov. 18, G. parvidus Painter." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/156845/files/figure.png" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
) with upper half narrowly V­shaped; lower half complicated, arms straight, lower portion consisting of three enlarged connected pieces, inner pieces nearly touching, outer pieces narrow, cup­shaped.
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<typeStatus id="AC2AC983FFFBFFF8FEAA2748DB70F9C9" box="[312,382,1603,1629]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Types</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
.
<typeStatus id="AC2AC983FFFBFFF8FE06274FD80FF9CA" box="[404,513,1604,1630]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
male (CAS No. 16533) and allotype (
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. E Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona,
<date id="072F51E1FFFBFFF8FE492767D85AF912" box="[475,596,1644,1670]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" value="1958-12-04">4.xii.1958</date>
, D.D. Linsdale).
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<typeStatus id="AC2AC983FFFBFFF8FCB02767D997F911" box="[802,921,1644,1669]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
.
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:
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFBFFF8FBC52760DEB2F911" bold="true" box="[1111,1212,1643,1669]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Arizona</emphasis>
. Cochise County: 4, topotypic, collected with
<typeStatus id="AC2AC983FFFBFFF8FD2B279FD8F4F93A" box="[697,762,1684,1710]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">types</typeStatus>
; 4, Portal,
<date id="072F51E1FFFBFFF8FCE9279FD9F5F93A" box="[891,1019,1684,1710]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" value="1959-08-04">4.viii.1959</date>
(H.E. Evans); 1, Cienega Lake,
<date id="072F51E1FFFBFFF8FEC727B7DBECF942" box="[341,482,1724,1750]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" value="1967-08-23">23.viii.1967</date>
(F.G. Andrews); Santa Cruz County: 1, Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mts.,
<date id="072F51E1FFFBFFF8FEDE27EFDBD7F96A" box="[332,473,1764,1790]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" value="1964-08-16">16.viii.1964</date>
(P.A. Rauch).
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFBFFF8FD1727E8D90BF969" bold="true" box="[645,773,1763,1789]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">California</emphasis>
. Riverside County: l, Blythe,
<date id="072F51E1FFFBFFF8FBF627EFDEE7F96A" box="[1124,1257,1764,1790]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" value="1938-07-15">15.vii.1938</date>
(P.H. Timberlake).
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFBFFF8FE3B2600DBE1F8B1" bold="true" box="[425,495,1803,1829]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Texas</emphasis>
. San
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County: 1, San
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,
<date id="072F51E1FFFBFFF8FC132607DE1EF8B2" box="[897,1040,1804,1830]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" value="1921-08-25">25.viii.1921</date>
,
<collectingCountry id="0B8637B1FFFBFFF8FB8D2607DE73F8B2" box="[1055,1149,1804,1830]" name="Mexico" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Mexico</collectingCountry>
:
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFBFFF8FB182600DEE4F8B1" bold="true" box="[1162,1258,1803,1829]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Nayarít</emphasis>
:
<quantity id="B469DAC4FFFBFFF8FB6E2607DB24F8DA" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.2530816" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" unit="mi" value="1.4">1, 4 mi</quantity>
. S San Blas,
<date id="072F51E1FFFBFFF8FE51263FD83CF8DA" box="[451,562,1844,1870]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" value="1964-11-05">5.xi.1964</date>
(M.E. Irwin).
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFBFFF8FD4F2638D939F8D9" bold="true" box="[733,823,1843,1869]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Sonora</emphasis>
:
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. S. Hermosillo,
<date id="072F51E1FFFBFFF8FBF5263FDEECF8DA" box="[1127,1250,1844,1870]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" value="1961-04-25">25.iv.1961</date>
(R.H.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="732E7721FFFAFFF9FE9A2017DE25FECA" blockId="45.[264,1324,284,790]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
&amp; E.M. Painter); l,
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. SE Guayamas,
<date id="072F51E1FFFAFFF9FD612017D961FEA2" box="[755,879,284,310]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" value="1961-04-21">21.iv.1961</date>
(R.H. &amp; E.M. Painter).
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and allotype deposited in CAS.
<typeStatus id="AC2AC983FFFAFFF9FDD8204FD8B2FECA" box="[586,700,324,350]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
deposited in USNM and UCR.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="732E7721FFFAFFF9FEAA2060DEBCFE3A" blockId="45.[264,1324,284,790]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFAFFF9FEAA2060DBA5FE11" bold="true" box="[312,427,363,389]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Variation</emphasis>
. In both sexes the femora vary from entirely black to entirely ferruginous. The tomentum on the dorsum of the body varies in color from golden to yellow.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3B8B24AAFFFAFFF9FEAA20B0DEE8FDDA" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFAFFF9FEAA20B0DBB2FE41" bold="true" box="[312,444,443,469]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Discussion</emphasis>
. Specimens in which the legs are entirely ferruginous cannot be separated from specimens of
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFAFFF9FE7920EFD86FFE69" box="[491,609,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">G. rufipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
except by means of the male and female genitalia. This species and
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFAFFF9FEFD2307DBEBFDB1" box="[367,485,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">G. rufipes</emphasis>
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are the only species of
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFAFFF9FD6B2307D94DFDB1" box="[761,835,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Geron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that have all ferruginous legs. In general, specimens of
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are smaller (
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in length) than specimens of
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFAFFF9FBF8233FDED1FDD9" box="[1130,1247,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">G. rufipes</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFAFFF9FEAA2350DB9AFDE1" bold="true" box="[312,404,603,629]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Biology</emphasis>
. Immature stages unknown. Adults have been taken at flowers of
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFAFFF9FB0B2357DB4FFD09" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Lippia nodiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFAFFF9FEAA23A0DBDFFD51" bold="true" box="[312,465,683,709]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Distribution</emphasis>
.
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(Arizona, California, Texas).
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<collectingCountry id="0B8637B1FFFAFFF9FC7423A0DE4FFD51" box="[998,1089,683,709]" name="Mexico" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Mexico</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
(Nayarít, Sonora).
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<paragraph id="732E7721FFFAFFF9FEAA23D8DE8BFC82" blockId="45.[264,1324,284,790]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
<emphasis id="41E5AB33FFFAFFF9FEAA23D8DBB3FD79" bold="true" box="[312,445,723,749]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet derives from the Greek “ ” = southern; referring to the relatively southerly distribution of this species in North
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.
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