Saropogon hypomelas (Loew, 1866)

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 hypomelas (Loew, 1866)

Figs 5I, J , 15 , 26 , 33

Diogmites hypomelas Loew, 1866: 24 [= Saropogon hypomelas (Loew)].

References.

Loew 1866: 24 (as Diogmites ); Martin and Wilcox 1965: 383 (catalog); Wilcox 1966: 133 (key and translation of original description); Fisher and Wilcox 1997: 4 (catalog).

Diagnosis.

A large, sexually dimorphic species. Male with legs reddish, femur, sometimes tibia, black; face and frons with white pubescence; female femur proximally black or with proximal black dorsal stripe; face and frons with golden pubescence; both sexes with scutum with yellowish-gray pubescence, median stripe with brown pubescence. Body length 17-27 mm; wing length 17-18 mm. Flight time April - September.

Distribution.

USA: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas; Mexico: Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, SimpleMappr: https://www.simplemappr.net/map/16986.

Type material examined.

United Staes of America • 1 ♀, syntype, New Mexico; 34°17'N, 106°17'W; Loew; MCZ; MCZ-ENT00012822.

Arizona material examined.

United States of America • 1 ♀; Maricopa County, 3 mi. N. Gila Bend; 32°58'N, 112°42'W; 205 m; 27 July 1969; H. A. Smith; CASENT; CASENT8427317 • 1 ♀; Pima County, Madera Canyon ; 31°43'N, 110°52'W; 1503 m; 14 July 1980; T. L. McKenzie; USNM; USNMENT01830394 • 1?; Pima County, Santa Rita Mtns. Madera Canyon; 31°43'N, 110°52'W; 1503 m; 13 September 1964; R. H. Crandall; LACM; LACMENT579085

Other material examined.

Suppl. material 1.

Comments.

Martin and Wilcox (1965) included the name Saropogon hypomelas in their catalog. They did not state it as a new change, and the author who first transferred Diogmites hypomelas to Saropogon , is still unknown. Wilcox (1966) mentions receiving correspondence from Bromley in 1936 saying that after examining the type, he believed that it belonged in Saropogon Loew.

The syntype can be viewed at MCZBase: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:12822. The syntypes were listed under the name Deromyia hypomelas but have since been changed to the current valid name.

iNaturalist lists a record of Saropogon hypomelas from Oklahoma (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90489061) This photographed specimen evidently is correctly identified and would extend the known range for this species.

Figures

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 15. Saropogon hypomelas Loew, 1866 Female (USNMENT 01830080): A dorsal view B lateral view C anterior view; Male (UCBMEP 0280599): 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.