Saropogon megriensis V. Richter, 1966

Sakhvon, Vital V., 2020, Review of the genus Saropogon Loew, 1847 (Diptera: Asilidae) from Russia Transcaucasia and Central Asia, with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4860 (4), pp. 577-591 : 579-580

Saropogon megriensis V. Richter, 1966

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Saropogon megriensis V. Richter, 1966: 416 , type locality «Vardanadzor» [Meghrinsky Distr., Armenia]; Richter 1964: 341 ( Armenia); 1968: 136 ( Armenia); Lehr 1988: 263; Mohammadi et al. 2017: 252.

Diagnosis. Body length 15.0 mm. Face golden tomentose, frons and vertex greyish yellow tomentose. Mystax white; ocellar setae, postocular setae white. Scutum with short yellow and black setae, macrosetae mainly black. Scutellum with 2 yellow apical macrosetae. Anepisternum with golden tomentum anterodorsally. Wings darkened anteroproximally. Legs reddish yellow with yellowish setae, yellow and black macrosetae. Tergites shiny yellow, with wide dark brown stripe anteriorly. Sternites dark brown with narrow yellow stripes both anteriorly and posteriorly. Hypopygium black with black setae.

Specimens examined. No specimens were examined.

Distribution. Transcaucasia ( Armenia), Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 27. Distribution of Saropogon species in Russia, Transcaucasia and Central Asia (based on the available material and Abbassian-Lintzen 1964, Richter 1968, Mohammadi et al. 2017).

FIGURES 1–6. Saropogon, habitus, lateral view. 1. S. alternatus, male. 2. S. dasynotus, male. 3. S. geniculatus, female. 4. S. megriensis, male. 5. S. pittoproctus, female. 6. S. tajikistanensis, sp. nov., female, holotype.