Saropogon senex Osten Sacken, 1887

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 senex Osten Sacken, 1887

Figs 4G, H , 5O-P , 26 , 29 , 34

Saropogon senex Osten Sacken, 1887: 179.

Saropogon aridus Curran, 1930: 3, junior synonym.

References.

Curran 1930: 2 (key, as S. aridus ); Curran 1931: 2 (key, as S. aridus ); Martin and Wilcox 1965: 383 (catalog); Wilcox 1966: 128 (key); Fisher and Wilcox 1997: 4 (catalog).

Diagnosis.

This species is mainly black with the hind femora of the female and sometimes of the male, reddish. Discal scutellar setae absent; four short apical scutellar macrosetae; scutum, anepisternum, and scutellum with grayish pubescence. Body length 10-12 mm; wing length 7-9 mm. Flight time June - August.

Distribution.

USA: Arizona; Mexico: Sinaloa, Sonora, Nayarit, SimpleMappr: https://www.simplemappr.net/map/16995.

Type material examined.

Mexico • 1 ♂, holotype; Presidio; 29°33'N, 104°22'W; Forrer; NHMUK; NHMUK013933278; Record 1427186.

Arizona material examined.

United States of America • 1?; Cochise County, 1 mi. E. of Douglas ; 31°20'N, 109°31'W; 1241 m; 26 Jul. 1962; M. A. Cazier; ASUHIC; ASUHIC0139680 • 1 ♀; Cochise County , 8920 Hereford S Bryerly Ct.; 31°24'N, 110°13'W; 1500 m; 24 June 2016; N. E. Woodley; USNM; USNMENT01819474 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 25 June 2016; N. E. Woodley; USNM; USNMENT01819469 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 27 June 2017; N. E. Woodley; USNM; USNMENT01819464, USNMENT01819484 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 10 July 2017; N. E. Woodley; USNM; USNMENT01819454 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 14 July 2017; N. E. Woodley; USNM; USNMENT01819459 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 09 July 2019; N. E. Woodley; USNM; USNMENT01819479 • 1 ♀; Cochise County , San Bernardino Ranch; 31°20'N, 109°16'W; 1143 m; August; F. H. Snow; USNM; USNMENT01819159 • 1 ♂; Cochise County , Texas Pass Dragon Mts ; 31°59'N, 105°02'W; 1107 m; 21 July 1984; J. C. Burne; UAIC.• 2 ♀; Gila County , Globe; 33°23'N, 110°47'W; 1074 m; 03 August 1949; F. H. Parker; USNM; USNMENT01819174, USNMENT01819527 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 27 July 1956; F. H. Parker; UAIC • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 1076 m; 07 August 1970; F. H. Parker; UAIC • 2 ♀; Gila County , Hayes Mt. ; 33°12'N, 110°36'W; 1517 m; 25 August, 1957; F. H. Parker; UAIC • 1 ♀; Gila County , San Carlos; 33°20'N, 110°27'W; 806 m; 29 July, 1967; F. H. Parker; UAIC • 1 ♂; Pima County , 10 mi. E. Continental; 31°51'N, 110°48'W; 1264 m; 18 July 1961; Werner, Nutting; UAIC • 1 ♂; Pima County , 10 mi. SE. Sahuarita; 31°50'N, 110°51'W; 914 m; 21 July 1977; Olson, Hetz; UAIC • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Pima County , 3 mi. E. Sahuarita; 31°57'N, 110°55'W; 843 m; 31 July 1963; V. L. Vesterby; BME; BMEP0280477, BMEP0280478 • 1?; Pima County , 4 mi. N. of Madera Canyon; 31°44'N, 110°56'W; 1086 m; 25 July 1966; J. M. Davidson, M. A. Cazier; ASUHIC; ASUHIC139683 • 1?; Pima County 8 mi. N. of Santa Rita Exp . Sta.; 31°56'N, 110°51'W; 905 m; 17 July 1970; M. Kolner, S. Szerlip; ASUHIC; ASUHIC139684 • 2?; Pima County , 8 mi. NW of Santa Rita Exp. Sta.; 31°47'N, 110°57'W; 949 m; 17 July 1970; M. Kolner, S.. Szerlip; ASUHIC; ASUHIC139686, ASUHIC139687 • 1 ♂; Pima County , Brown Canyon, Baboquivari Mts ; 31°28'N, 110°17'W; 1527 m; 28 July 1983; Werner, Olson; UAIC • 1 ♀; Pima County , Santa Rita Mts. ; 31°49'N, 110°46'W; 1813 m; 01 August 1941; R. H. Beamer; BME; BMEP0280476 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; R. H. Beamer, C. H. Martin; BME; BMEP0280472 • 1 ♀, 1?; same collection data as for preceding; 09 August 1930; T. F. Winburn, R. H. Painter; CASENT; CASENT8427344, CASENT8427345 • 1?; Pima County , Santa Rita Range Reserve ; 31°43'N, 110°52'W; 1775 m; 15 July 1970; M. Cazier, J. Bigelow, L. Welch; ASUHIC; ASUHIC0139685 • 1 ♂; Pima County , Santa Rita Mts. ; 31°49'N, 110°46'W; 1814 m; 31 June 1941; F. H. Parker; USNM; USNMENT01199040 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 31 July 1944; F. H. Parker; USNM; USNMENT01199009 • 1 ♂; Pima County , Tucson, vic. Ina / Oracle; 32°19'N, 110°58'W; 770 m; 23 July 1988; W. L. Nutting; UAIC • 1 ♀; Pima or Santa Cruz County , Santa Rita RR; 31°35'N, 110°43'W; 1308 m; 15 August 1953; F. H. Parker; USNM; USNMENT01819139 • 1 ♂; Santa Cruz County , Santa Rita Mts. Madera Canyon ; 31°44'N, 110°56'W; 1086 m; 15 July 1972; D. G. Marqua; USNM:USNMENT01830378 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 24 July 1976; D. G. Marqua; USNM; USNMENT01830379 • 4 ♂, 3 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 07-09 August 1962; E. M. Fisher; USNM; USNMENT01830365, USNMENT01830366, USNMENT01830367, USNMENT01830368, USNMENT01830369, USNMENT01830370, USNMENT01830371 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 12-14 July 1961; E. M. Fisher; USNM; USNMENT01830372 • 2?; same collection data as for preceding; 25 July 1966; J. M. Davidson, M. A. Cazier; ASUHIC; ASUHIC0139681, ASUHIC0139682 • 1?; same collection data as for preceding; 26 August 1964; R. H. Crandall; LACM; LACMENT579126 • 2?; same collection data as for preceding; 01-06 August 1965; R. H. Crandall; LACM; LACMENT579128, LACMENT579129 • 1?; same collection data as for preceding; 06 August 1965; R. H. Crandall; LACM; LACMENT579127 • 2 ♂, 2♀; same collection data as for preceding; 13 July, 1958; R. M. Bohart, USNM, USNMENT01830374, USNMENT01830375, USNMENT01830376 • 2 ♂, 7♀; same collection data as for preceding; 31 July 1958; R. M. Bohart; BME; BMEP0280479, BMEP0280480, BMEP0280481, BMEP0280482, BMEP0280483, BMEP0280484, BMEP0280485, BMEP0280486; USNM; USNMENT01830373 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 28 July 1979; S. Mannweiler; USNM; USNMENT01830377 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 01 August 1960; S.. L. Wood, J. B. Karren, H. Shurtleff; BYU; BYUC215820 • 1?; Yavapai County, Badger Spring exit, 3.5 mi. NNE of Bumble Bee; 34°15'N, 112°06'W; 975 m; 04 August 1973; O. Francke, M. Kolner; ASUHIC; ASUHIC0139688 .

Other material examined.

Suppl. material 1.

Comments.

Information about the holotype can be found here: https://data.nhm.ac.uk/record/bb909597-dedf-427d-8c04-4c02b3a24db3/1427186/1656374400000. At time of publication, there were no publicly available photographs of the specimen; however, pictures are scheduled to be posted to this link in the near future.

Figures

Figure 4. Sexual color dimorphism A Saropogon abbreviatus female B S. abbreviatus male C S. combustus female D S. combustus male E S. purus female F S. purus male G S. senex female H S. senex male. Scale bars: 2 mm.

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 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 29. Saropogon senex Osten Sacken, 1887 Female (UCBMEP 0280483): A dorsal view B lateral view C anterior view; Male (UCBMEP 0280489): D anterior view E dorsal view F lateral view. Scale bars: 2 mm.

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.