Holopogon currani Martin

Holopogon currani Martin, 1959: 17 .

Recognition characters: Shining black species; length 7–8 mm; mystax black; thorax gray pollinose laterally, brown pollinose dorsally; scutellar bristles black, scutellar setae lacking; abdomen shining black, lateral setae on abdominal segment 1 white; legs shining black; setae and bristles on femora and tibiae white, on tarsi black.

Distribution: PLATTE: Glendo, 28 July 1961 (RJL); Guernsey, July 1955 (WDF); Guernsey State Park, 15 June 1977, 21 July 1971.

Habitat: Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass grassland vegetation type. Protected gully in short grass rangeland; rangeland breaks.

Ethology: Rests on and forages from tips of spikes of cheatgrass, Bromus sp.

Prey: None known.