Saropogon dispar Coquillett, 1902

Figs 5G, H, 12, 32

Saropogon dispar Coquillett, 1902: 139.

References.

Back 1909: 349 (key and redescription); Curran 1930: 2 (key), 1931: 2 (key and notes); Martin and Wilcox 1965: 383 (catalog); Wilcox 1966: 129 (key); Fisher and Wilcox 1997: 4 (catalog).

Diagnosis.

This species is sexually dimorphic: males with brown wings, black mesonotum and legs, brownish tibiae and tarsi; females with yellowish wings, brown mesonotum, reddish legs, distally blackish prothoracic and mesothoracic femora. Body length 20-23 mm; wing length 18-21 mm. Flight time May - August.

Saropogon dispar may be confused with S. hypomelas or S. bryanti but it is a significantly darker species than either.

Distribution.

USA: Oklahoma, Texas, SimpleMappr: https://www.simplemappr.net/map/16983.

Type material examined.

United States of America • 1♂, holotype; Texas, DeWitt County, Cuero; 29°05'N, 97°17'W; 57 m; 06 Jun.; USNM; USNMENT01199066

Other material examined.

Suppl. material 1.

Comments.

Bromley (1934) states " Saropogon dispar is by far the most noxious species in bee-yards in the San Antonio region." See Table 1 for prey records. Access photographs of the holotype at http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33098b0bf-d97f-4b92-9141-eaa52cd9f59a.