Saropogon hyalinus Coquillett, 1904

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 hyalinus Coquillett, 1904

Figs 14 , 26 , 32

Saropogon hyalinus Coquillett, 1904: 185.

References.

Back 1909: 351 (key and short redescription); Curran 1930: 2 (key), 1931: 2 (key); Martin and Wilcox 1965: 383 (catalog); Wilcox 1966: 129 (key); Fisher and Wilcox 1997: 4 (catalog).

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Saropogon luteus except the wings are pure hyaline, and the scutum is densely with yellowish pubescence, with gray pubescent median stripe and elongated sub-lateral spots, crossing the transverse suture. Body length 13-17 mm; wing length 9-11 mm. Flight time May - September.

Distribution.

USA: California, SimpleMappr: https://www.simplemappr.net/map/16985.

Type material examined.

United States of America • 1 ♀, holotype; California, Los Angeles County; 34°03'N, 118°14'W; 97 m; Coquillett; USNM; USNMENT01199005.

Other material examined.

Suppl. material 1.

Comments.

You can access photographs of the holotype here: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/308595f92-7180-42d6-a5ed-8be56e3423d4.

Figures

Figure 14. Saropogon hyalinus Coquillett, 1904 Female (USNMENT 01830078): A dorsal view B lateral view C anterior view; Male (UCBMEP 0280500): 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 32. Distribution of Saropogon (Diptera: Asilidae) specimens studied for S. albifrons, S. coquillettii, S. dispar, S. hyalinus, and S. laparoides. Map created with SimpleMappr on July 25, 2022, and available at: https: // www. simplemappr. net / map / 18317.