Saropogon coquillettii Back, 1909

Figs 11, 26, 32

Saropogon coquillettii Back, 1909: 348.

Saropogon coquilletti auctt: common misspelling.

References.

Back 1909: 348 (original description and key); Curran 1930: 2 (key), 1931: 2 (key); Martin and Wilcox 1965: 383 (catalog); Fisher and Wilcox 1997: 4 (catalog).

Diagnosis.

Saropogon coquillettii is similar to S. semiustus, S. hyalinus, and S. luteus, but can be separated from them because it has four scutellar bristles instead of two. It has nearly hyaline wings with only a tinge of color apically and is more slender than Saropogon combustus and S. dispar . Body and wing length 14-16 mm. Flight time May - October.

Distribution.

USA: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas; Mexico: Sonora, SimpleMappr: https://www.simplemappr.net/map/16982.

Type material examined.

United States of America • 1♂, holotype; New Mexico, Doña Ana County, Las Cruces; 32°28'N, 106°52'W; 1247 m; Aug 1923; Townsend; USNM; USNMENT01199124 • 1♂, 1♀, topotype; same locality data as holotype; 28 Jul; Townsend; USNM; USNMENT01199038, USNMENT01199017.

Arizona material examined.

United States of America • 2♂, 4♀; Comal County, Canon Lake; 33°32'N, 111°27'W; 631 m; 02 September 1935; F. H. Parker; USNM; USNMENT01199096, USNMENT01199088, USNMENT01199036, USNMENT01199092, USNMENT01199119, USNMENT01199045 • 1♀; Gila County, Globe; 32°22'N, 110°51'W; 1237 m; August; D. K. Duncan; USNM; USNMENT01518366 • 1♀; same collection data as for proceeding; 24 August 1957; F. H. Parker; UAIC • 2♂, 1♀, 1?; Gila County, San Carlos Lake; 33°11'N, 110°28'W; 749 m; August; D. K. Duncan; CASENT; CASENT8427290, CASENT8427291; USNM; USNMENT01199029, USNMENT01199043 • 1♂; Maricopa County, Higley; 33°18'N, 111°42'W; 398 m; 24 July 1917; E. G. Holt; USNM; USNMENT01819460 • 1♂; Maricopa County, Phoenix; 33°26'N, 112°04'W; 334 m; 01 August 1960; R. E. Rice; USNM; USNMENT01830392 • 1♀; Pima County, 30 mi. SE Ajo; 32°07'N, 112°26'W; 612 m; 30 July 1966; R. L. Brumley; BME; BMEP0280586 • 10♂; Pima County, Picacho Pass; 32°39'N, 111°23'W; 555 m; 13 September 1954; J. C. Hall; BME; BMEP0280451, BMEP0280590, BMEP0280593, BMEP0280599, BMEP0280616, BMEP0280594, BMEP0280619, BMEP0280534, BMEP0280533, BMEP0280618 • 1♂, 2♀, 1?; Pinal County, 15 mi. S. of Florence; 32°50'N, 111°21'W; 631 m; 20 August 1949; F. H. Parker; USNM; USNMENT01199016, USNMENT01199056, USNMENT01199073 • 1♀; Pinal County; 32°48'N, 111°17'W; 619 m; 18 August 1940; E. R. Leach; CASENT; CASENT8427292 • 3♀; Pinal County, Mt. Superstition near Higley; 33°28'N, 111°11'W; 1424 m; 24 July 1917; E. G. Holt; USNM; USNMENT01819540, USNMENT01819520, USNMENT01819530 .

Other material examined.

Suppl. material 1.

Comments.

This species is often misspelled (e.g., Curran 1930, 1931) as Saropogon coquilletti, but the original description states S. coquillettii . Photographs of the holotype can be viewed at: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/326f621b6-964b-4453-8fb5-715b5480ab6f.