Protohalonia venusta ( Timberlake, 1961 )

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Protohalonia venusta ( Timberlake, 1961)

[ Holotype: CASC; ♀ 15.45 km north of Shoshone , Inyo County, California, USA; May 3, 1960]

This species inhabits the xeric regions of western North America. In the BCP, it is only known from the Lower Colorado Desert in BC ( Timberlake 1969). See fig. 114.