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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E6B79A47-F684-4AC1-ACA4-1E162DEDA5D3

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC48757D-781F-54F3-8C02-6F74C1544059

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scientific name

Saropogon purus Curran, 1930
status

 

Saropogon purus Curran, 1930

Figs 4E, F View Figure 4 , 5M, N View Figure 5 , 21 View Figure 21 , 26 View Figure 26 , 33 View Figure 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 View Figure 5 ). It is a sexually dimorphic species (Fig. 4 View Figure 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 GoogleMaps 2 ♀; Gila County, Globe ; 33°23'N, 110°47'W; 1074 m; 26 Jul 1987; Parker; USNM; USNMENT01819537, USNMENT01819572 GoogleMaps 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 13 July 1956; F. H. Parker; UAIC GoogleMaps 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 15 July 1943; F. H. Parker, UAIC GoogleMaps 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 15 July 1948; F. H. Parker; UAIC GoogleMaps 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 19 July 1947; F. H. Parker; UAIC GoogleMaps 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20 July 1956; F. H. Parker; UAIC GoogleMaps 2♀; same collection data as for preceding; 27 August 1955; F. H. Parker; UAIC GoogleMaps 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 28 July 1952; F. H. Parker; UAIC GoogleMaps 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 GoogleMaps 1 ♂; Pima County, Baboquivari Mts. ; 31°48'N, 111°36'W; 1234 m; 19 July 1950; J. G. Rosen; USNM; USNMENT01830301 GoogleMaps 1 ♂; Pima County, Baboquivari Mts. ; 31°47'N, 111°34'W; 1776 m; USNM; USNMENT01819457 GoogleMaps 1♀; Pima County, Box Canyon Santa Rita Mountains ; 33°08'N, 111°12'W; 592 m; 05 August 1978; D. S. Verity; USNM; USNMENT01830083 GoogleMaps 1♀; Pima County, Brown Canyon ; 31°28'N, 110°17'W; 1219 m; 27 July 1973; E. M. Fisher; USNM; USNMENT01830285 GoogleMaps 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 28 July 1983; Werner, Olson; UAIC GoogleMaps 1♀; Pima County, Espero Canyon 10 mi. NW of Tucson; 32°18'N, 110°49'W; 844 m; 10 August 1975; B. Page; UAIC GoogleMaps 1♀; Pima County, Snata Rita Exp. Range ; 32°50'N, 110°51'W; 1120 m; 26 July, 1971; E. Yensen; UAIC GoogleMaps 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 GoogleMaps 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 GoogleMaps .

Other material examined.

Suppl. material 1.

Comments.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Asilidae

Genus

Saropogon

Loc

Saropogon purus Curran, 1930

Alberts, Charlotte H. E. & Fisher, Eric M. 2022
2022
Loc

Saropogon purus

Curran 1930
1930