Saropogon birdi Curran, 1931

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 birdi Curran, 1931

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Saropogon birdi Curran, 1931: 2.

References.

Curran 1931: 2 (key and original description); Martin and Wilcox 1965: 383 (catalog); Wilcox 1966: 129 (key to females); Fisher and Wilcox 1997: 4 (catalog).

Diagnosis.

Antennae mostly reddish except the style; base of palpi are black; femora black dorsally; coxal macrosetae yellowish; wings amber-colored with a tinge of brown apically; two apical scutellar macrosetae; abdomen mostly black. Body length 27 mm; wing length 15-21 mm. Flight time June.

Commonly confused with Saropogon pritchardi but S. birdi has black on the femora dorsum. Distinguished from S. dispar by having two apical scutellar macrosetae, and black basal segments of the palpi. S. dispar has four apical scutellar macrosetae and the female has orange basal segments of the palpi.

Distribution.

USA: Oklahoma.

Type material examined.

United States of America • 1 ♀, holotype; Oklahoma, Johnson County; 34°17'N, 96°37'W; 241 m; 20 June 1929; R. D. Bird; AMNH.

Comments.

We were only able to examine the holotype from images sent from the American Museum of Natural History where it is housed. We have been unable to find any other specimens of this species to examine.

Figures

Figure 8. Saropogon birdi Curran, 1931 Female holotype A anterior view B lateral view C dorsal view. Photograph provided by American Museum of Natural History.

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 31. Distribution of Saropogon (Diptera: Asilidae) specimens studied for S. abbreviatus, S. birdi, S. nitidus, S. semiustus, and S. solus. Map created with SimpleMappr on July 25, 2022, and available at: https: // www. simplemappr. net / map / 18363.