Saropogon bryanti Wilcox, 1966

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 bryanti Wilcox, 1966

Figs 5C, D , 9 , 26 , 33

Saropogon bryanti Wilcox, 1966: 132.

References.

Wilcox 1966: 132 (key and original description); Fisher and Wilcox 1997: 4 (catalog).

Diagnosis.

Femur in both sexes reddish with black dorsal stripe; male and female face and frons with golden pubescence; scutum yellowish with the broad central stripe and elongated sub-lateral spots with gray pubescence. Male wing covered in microtrichia, female wing with microtrichia especially around veins Body length 16-19 mm; wing length 16-18 mm. Flight time June - August.

Distinguishable from Saropogon hypomelas by the face and frons being with golden pubescence and the extent of the black on the femora.

Distribution.

USA: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas; Mexico: Sonora.

Type material examined.

United States of America • 1 ♂, holotype; Arizona, Pima County, Baboquivari Canyon W. side Baboquivari Mts; 31°47'N, 111°37'W; 1124 m; 25-27 July 1952; H. B. Leech, J. W. Green; CASENT; Type no. 9278. • 1 ♀, allotype; same data as for holotype; CASENT; CASENT8427216 • 1 ♀, paratype; Arizona, Pima County, 8 mi. N. Tucson; 32°19'N, 110°58'W; 756 m; 11 June 1964; J. M. Davidson; USNM; USNMENT01830074.

Arizona material examined.

United States of America • 1 ♂; Cochise County, 7 mi. N. Mescal; 32°04'N, 110°26'W; 1097 m; 24 July 1966; F. G. Werner family; UAIC • 1 ♂; Cochise County , Portal; 31°54'N, 109°8'W; 1433 m; 02 June 1964; J. M. Davidson; USNM; USNMENT01830117 • 1 ♀; Cochise County , San Pedro River, 2 mi. E. Benson; 31°57'N, 110°16'W; 1073 m; 30 June 1963; J. C. Bequaert, P. H. Johnson; UAIC • 1?; Maricopa County, 3.2 mi. SE. of St. Johns , E. of Sierra Estrellas; 33°17'N, 112°10'W; 320 m; 07 July 1973; M. Kolner, J. Alcock; ASUHIC; ASUHIC139498, ASUHIC139499, ASUHIC139400, ASUHIC139401, ASUHIC139402, ASUHIC139403 • 33?; same collection data as for preceding; 10 July 1973; O. Francke, M. Kolner; ASUHIC; ASUHIC139404, ASUHIC139405, ASUHIC139406, ASUHIC139407, ASUHIC139408, ASUHIC139409, ASUHIC139410, ASUHIC139411, ASUHIC139412, ASUHIC139413, ASUHIC139414, ASUHIC139415, ASUHIC139416, ASUHIC139417, ASUHIC139418, ASUHIC139419, ASUHIC139420, ASUHIC139421, ASUHIC139422, ASUHIC139423, ASUHIC139424, ASUHIC139425, ASUHIC139426, ASUHIC139427, ASUHIC139428, ASUHIC139429, ASUHIC139430, ASUHIC139431, ASUHIC139432, ASUHIC139433, ASUHIC139434, ASUHIC139435, ASUHIC139436 • 1 ♀; Maricopa County , 6 mi. N. of Scottsdale; 33°32'N, 111°55'W; 397 m; 07 September 1969; S. McCleve; UAIC • 3?; same collection data as for preceding; 22 July 1973; M. Kolner; ASUHIC; ASUHIC139437, ASUHIC139438, ASUHIC139439 • 2 ♂, 2 ♀; Maricopa County , 3.2 mi. SE. St. Johns , E. of Sierra Estrellas; 33°16'N, 112°13'W; 320 m; 10 July 1973; O. Francke, M. Kolner; CASENT; CASENT8427206, CASENT8427213, CASENT8427214, CASENT8427215 • 1?; Maricopa County , Granite Reef Dam; 33°30'N, 111°41'W; 401 m; 29 August 1964; J. M. Davidson; USNM; USNMENT01830106 • 1 ♂; Maricopa County ; Sierra Mts. ; 33°34'N, 111°42'W; 914-1219 m; 19 August 1924; A. A. Nichol; USNM; USNMENT01199077 • 2 ♂; Pima County , 4mi. E. Sahuarita; 31°57'N, 110°53'W; 861 m; 10 July, 1968; F. Werner, J. Burger, J. LaFage; UAIC • 1♀; Pima County 4 mi. SE. Sahuarita; 31°54'N, 110°54'W; 882 m; 17 July 1968; F. Werner, M. Noller; UAIC • 1 ♂; Pima County , 12 mi. N. Sasabe; 31°40'N, 111°58'W; 1134 m; 27 July 1973; E. M. Fisher; USNM; USNMENT01830118 • 1 ♀; Pima County , Santa Rita Experimenal Range Reserve ; 31°49'N, 110°51'W; 1130 m; 21 July 1970; UAIC • 1 ♂; Pima County ; 18 mi. W. Robles Jct.; 32°4'N, 111°37'W; 861 m; 30 August 1970; P. H. Sullivan; USNM; USNMENT01830108 • 2 ♂, 1 ♀; Pima County , 12 mi. n. Sasabe; 31°39'N, 111°32'W; 1122 m; 27 July 1973; E. M. Fisher; USNM; USNMENT01830105, USMENT01830073; CASENT; CASENT8427411 • 1?; Pima County , Madera Canyon; 31°44'N, 110°53'W; 1354 m; 23 July 1966; J. M. Davidson, M. A. Cazier; ASUHIC; ASUHIC0139493 • 1 ♂; Pima County , Range Res. 7 mi. N. Sahuarite; 32°05'N, 110°58'W; 785 m; 19 July 1979; F. Werner, Olson, Nygard; UAIC • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Pima County , Saguaro National Monument Cast.; 32°17'N, 111°09'W; 829 m; 23 July 1978; B. lipa; UAIC • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Pima County , Santa Catalina Mountains ; 32°26'N, 110°47'W; 2776 m; 13 August 1940; E. C. Van Dyke; CASENT; CASENT8427209, CASENT8427210 • 1?; Pima County ; Santa Rita Range Reserve ; 31°43'N, 110°52'W; 1797 m; 15 July 1970; M. Cazier, J. Bigelow, L. Welch; ASUHIC; ASUHIC0139494 • 1?; same collection data as for preceding; M. Kolner, S. Szerlip; ASUHIC; ASUCIC0139495 • 2 ♂, 3 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 31°49'N, 110°51'W; 1130 m; 06 July 1979; F. Werner, Olson, Nygard; UAIC; • 1 ♂; Pima County , Tucson; 32°13'N, 110°58'W; 724 m; 14 July 1947; USNM; USNMENT01199052 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 18 July 1962; Wargo; UAIC • 1?; Pinal County , 12 mi. N. of Redington; 32°36'N, 110°29'W; 950 m; 20 July 1966; J. M. Davidson, M. A. Cazier; ASUHIC; ASUHIC0139492 • 1 ♂; Pinal County , Apache Junction; 33°25'N, 111°34'W; 512 m; 30 July 1929; UAIC • 5 ♂, 2 ♀; Santa Cruz County , Santa Rita Mtns., Madera Canyon; 31°47'N, 110°55'W; 1049 m; 14-22 July 1971; D. G. Marqua, P. Sullivan; USNM; USNMENT0183007, USNMENT01830110, USNMENT01830111, USNMENT01830112, USNMENT01830113, USNMENT01830114, USNMENT01830115 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 1503 m; 01 August 1960; S. L. Wood, J. B. Karren, H. Shurtleff; BYU; BYUC215968 • 3 ♂, 5 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 12 July 1973; D. G. Marqua; CASENT; CASENT8427208; USNM; USNMENT01830116, USNMENT01830121, USNMENT01830122, USNMENT01830123, USNMENT01830124, USNMENT01830125, USNMENT01830126 • 1 ♀; Yavapai County, Congress; 34°9'N, 112°51'W; 931 m; 20 July 1930; T. F. Winburn, R. H. Painter; CASENT; CASENT8427207 .

Other material examined.

Suppl. material 1.

Comments.

One specimen we examined was from Iowa (CASENT8427218, Suppl. material 1), though the species seems to be identified correctly, this is still an unusual occurrence and may be a mistake, so it is not included in the known distribution for this species. Photographs of the Saropogon bryanti holotype can be found at: https://monarch.calacademy.org/taxa/index.php?tid=679454.

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 9. Saropogon bryanti Wilcox, 1966 Female (USNMENT 01830074): A dorsal view B lateral view C anterior view; Male (USNMENT 01830073): 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.