Saropogon geniculatus Loew, 1869

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Saropogon geniculatus Loew, 1869: 92, type locality: Grusien [Georgia]; Engel 1930: 457; Shtakelberg 1933: 120; Richter 1964: 341 (Armenia); 1968: 135 (Transcaucasia); 1969: 519 (Transcaucasia); Lehr 1988: 262.

Diagnosis. Body length 10.0–16.0 mm. Mystax white. Ocellar and postocular setae white. Scutum silvery tomentose with short white setae and macrosetae. Scutellum with 2–4 white apical macrosetae. Pleuron silvery tomentose without setae. Wings brownish. Legs reddish yellow with white setae and macrosetae. Femora with black stripe dorsally. Tergites black, with white stripe posteriorly. Hypopygium black with white setae (Richter 1968).

Specimens examined. No specimens were examined.

Prey. Astata sp., Tachysphex panzeri (both—Hymenoptera, Sphecidae), Chelonus oculator ( Hymenoptera, Braconidae), Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) sp. ( Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) (Richter 1968).

Distribution. Transcaucasia (Armenia, Georgia).