Saropogon fletcheri Bromley, 1934

Figs 13, 26, 34

Saropogon fletcheri Bromley, 1934: 91.

References.

Bromley 1934: 91 (original description); Martin and Wilcox 1965: 383 (catalog); Wilcox 1966: 130 (key); Fisher and Wilcox 1997: 4 (catalog).

Diagnosis.

This species is sometimes similar to Saropogon dispar but both sexes are reddish and the femora lack black. Scutellum has four reddish bristles; and wings are pale reddish brown. Body length 24-17 mm; wing length 11-14 mm. Flight time April - October.

Distribution.

USA: Arizona, Texas, SimpleMappr: https://www.simplemappr.net/map/16984.

Type material examined.

United States of America • 1♂, holotype; Texas, Comfort; 29°58'N, 98°54'W; 19 July 1921; R. K. Fletcher; TAMUIC.

Arizona material examined.

United States of America • 1♀; Maricopa County, Morales; 34°02'N, 111°05'W; 1496 m; 27 August 1913; W. D. Pierce; USNM; USNMENT01819450 .

Other material examined.

Suppl. material 1.