Saropogon alternatus Loew, 1873

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 : 578

Saropogon alternatus Loew, 1873

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Saropogon alternatus Loew, 1873: 127 , type locality: Samarkand, Soch und Schagimardan [ Uzbekistan]; Engel 1930: 449; Abbassian-Lintzen 1964: 431; Hayat et al. 2008: 183; Lehr 1988: 261.

Diagnosis. Body length 10.0–13.0 mm. Mystax largely confined to oral margin, white, in length equal to 2/3 of proboscis length. Face golden tomentose. Ocellar setae white, as long as scape. Postocular macrosetae white. Palpus reddish yellow.Antenna reddish yellow, apex brown. Scutum reddish brown in dorsal view, with short yellowish setae. Pleuron mainly reddish brown, silvery or golden tomentose without setae. Dorsocentral macrosetae commonly absent, other macrosetae yellow. In lateral view, a definite reddish yellow stripe extends from anterior margin of scutum to scutellum. Scutellum with 2–4 yellowish apical macrosetae. Legs reddish yellow with yellowish setae, the macrosetae on tibiae and tarsi yellow and brown, especially on tarsi. Abdomen reddish yellow. In dorsal view, tergites I–III anteriorly reddish yellow with reddish brown stripe, tergites IV–V with reddish brown stripes broken in the middle and tergites VI–VII completely reddish yellow. Hypopygium reddish brown with yellow setae.

Specimens examined. Uzbekistan: Nuratau Mount., Yamchisay , [40 º 14’10’’N 67 º 15’16’’E], 8–10.VII.1960, P. Lehr, 4♀, same place, 28. VI .1961, P. Lehr, 1♂ ( IBSS, BSU) .

Distribution. Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Iran, Morocco.

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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.