Saropogon fletcheri Bromley, 1934

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 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.

Figures

Figure 13. Saropogon fletcheri Bromley, 1934 Male (UCBMEP 0280504): A anterior view B lateral view C dorsal 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 34. Distribution of Saropogon (Diptera: Asilidae) specimens studied for S. combustus, S. fletcheri, S. mohawki, S. pyrodes sp. nov., and S. senex. Map created with SimpleMappr on July 25, 2022, and available at: https: // www. simplemappr. net / map / 18362.