Saropogon purus Curran, 1930

Alberts, Charlotte H. E. & Fisher, Eric M., 2022, A new species of Saropogon Loew, 1847 (Diptera, Asilidae) from Arizona, with a review of the Nearctic species north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1130, pp. 1-63 : 1

Saropogon purus Curran, 1930

Figs 4E, F , 5M, N , 21 , 26 , 33

Saropogon purus Curran, 1930: 3.

References.

Curran 1930 (key and original description); Curran 1931: 2 (key); Martin and Wilcox 1965: 383 (catalog); Wilcox 1966: 129 (key); Fisher and Wilcox 1997: 4 (catalog).

Diagnosis.

The broad, brown wings easily distinguish this species from others (Fig. 5 ). It is a sexually dimorphic species (Fig. 4 ). Male abdomen and legs are black, metathoracic femora in part reddish; female abdomen and legs are mostly yellowish red, coxae densely deep with golden pubescence. Body length 11-13 mm; wing length 7-9 mm. Flight time July to August.

Distribution.

USA: Arizona; Mexico: Sinaloa, Sonora, SimpleMappr: https://www.simplemappr.net/map/16992.

Type material examined.

United States of America • 1 ♂, holotype; Arizona, Pima County, Kits Peak Rincon, Baboquivari Mts.; 31°57'N, 111°33'W; 1234 m; 1-4 August 1916; F. E. Lutz; AMNH • 1♀, allotype; same collection data as holotype; AMNH.

Arizona material examined.

United States of America • 1 ♂; Cochise County, Willcox ; 32°15'N, 109°49'W; 1274 m; 13 July 1944; F. H. Parker; UAIC • 2 ♀; Gila County, Globe ; 33°23'N, 110°47'W; 1074 m; 26 Jul 1987; Parker; USNM; USNMENT01819537, USNMENT01819572 • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 13 July 1956; F. H. Parker; UAIC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 15 July 1943; F. H. Parker, UAIC • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 15 July 1948; F. H. Parker; UAIC • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 19 July 1947; F. H. Parker; UAIC • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20 July 1956; F. H. Parker; UAIC • 2♀; same collection data as for preceding; 27 August 1955; F. H. Parker; UAIC • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 28 July 1952; F. H. Parker; UAIC • 1 ♂; Gila County, San Carlos ; 33°20'N, 110°27'W; 809 m; 11 July 1936; F. H. Parker; UAIC • 1?; Maricopa County , 1.5 mi. NE of Desert Vista Point, Payson Highway; 33°40'N, 111°30'W; 753 m; 02 August 1969; R. Wielgus; ASUHIC; ASUHIC0139662 • 1?; Pima County , 2.1 mi. S. of Gibbon Mountain , Santa Catalina Mountains; 32°18'N, 110°44'W; 1006 m; 20 Aug. 1972; O. Francke, M. Kolner; ASUHIC0139664 • 1 ♂; Pima County, Baboquivari Mts. ; 31°48'N, 111°36'W; 1234 m; 19 July 1950; J. G. Rosen; USNM; USNMENT01830301 • 1 ♂; Pima County, Baboquivari Mts. ; 31°47'N, 111°34'W; 1776 m; USNM; USNMENT01819457 • 1♀; Pima County, Box Canyon Santa Rita Mountains ; 33°08'N, 111°12'W; 592 m; 05 August 1978; D. S. Verity; USNM; USNMENT01830083 • 1♀; Pima County, Brown Canyon ; 31°28'N, 110°17'W; 1219 m; 27 July 1973; E. M. Fisher; USNM; USNMENT01830285 • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 28 July 1983; Werner, Olson; UAIC • 1♀; Pima County, Espero Canyon 10 mi. NW of Tucson; 32°18'N, 110°49'W; 844 m; 10 August 1975; B. Page; UAIC • 1♀; Pima County, Snata Rita Exp. Range ; 32°50'N, 110°51'W; 1120 m; 26 July, 1971; E. Yensen; UAIC • 1 ♂; Santa Cruz County, 3 mi. W. Pina Blanca ; 31°24'N, 111°08'W; 1476 m; 07 July 1984; A. J.. Gilbert, R. A. Clark, J. C. Ball; USNM; USNMENT01830302 • 1 ♂; Santa Cruz County, Pena Blanca Area , Vic. Atascosa Trail ; 31°24'N, 111°08'W; 1433 m; 05 July 1972; D. G. Marqua; USNM; USNMENT01830082 • 1?; Yavapai County , Cordes; 34°18'N, 112°10'W; 1150 m; 09 August 1971; M. Kolner; ASUHIC; ASUHIC0139663 .

Other material examined.

Suppl. material 1.

Comments.

Most specimens have two scutellar bristles, but Wilcox (1966) noted that some have four.

Figures

Figure 4. Sexual color dimorphism A Saropogon abbreviatus female B S. abbreviatus male C S. combustus female D S. combustus male E S. purus female F S. purus male G S. senex female H S. senex male. Scale bars: 2 mm.

Figure 5. Representative Saropogon wings of A S. abbreviatus female B S. abbreviatus male C S. bryanti female D S. bryanti male E S. combustus female F S. combustus male G S. dispar female H S. dispar male I S. hypomelas female J S. hypomelas male K S. luteus female L S. luteus male M S. purus female N S. purus male, and O S. senex female P S. senex male. Scale bars: 2 mm.

Figure 21. Saropogon purus Curran, 1930 Female (UCBMEP 0280564): A dorsal view B lateral view C anterior view; Male (USNMENT 01830082): D anterior view E dorsal view F lateral view. Scale bars: 2 mm.

Figure 26. Focused map of the Arizona distribution of Nearctic Saropogon (Diptera: Asilidae). Map created with SimpleMappr on January 25, 2022, and available at: https: // www. simplemappr. net / map / 17143.

Figure 33. Distribution of Saropogon (Diptera: Asilidae) specimens studied for S. bryanti, S. hypomelas, S. luteus, S. pritchardi, and S. purus. Map created with SimpleMappr on July 25, 2022, and available at: https: // www. simplemappr. net / map / 18318.