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<mods:title>A new species of Saropogon Loew, 1847 (Diptera, Asilidae) from Arizona, with a review of the Nearctic species north of Mexico</mods:title>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Saropogon pyrodes sp. nov. male in nature at ~ 0.7 km ENE of Amado in southern Arizona on Sep. 5, 2017 (flicker: [https: // www. flickr. com / photos / 7432824 @ N 07 / 45297662671 / in / album- 72157687317436870 /]). Photograph by Jeff Gruber." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770844" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Habitus drawing of male Saropogon pyrodes sp. nov. by Keely Davies." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770865" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 22</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Saropogon pyrodes sp. nov. paratype female: A dorsal view B lateral view C anterior view; holotype male: D anterior view E dorsal view F lateral view. Scale bars: 2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770866" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 23</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Saropogon pyrodes sp. nov. wing. Scale bar: 2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770867" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 24</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Saropogon pyrodes sp. nov. terminalia. Male (USNMENT 01819155): A dorsal view 75 x B lateral view 75 x C ventral view 75 x; female (UAIC 1128818): D dorsal view 80 x, arrow indicating acanthophorites (spines) E lateral view 95 x F ventral view of T 6 - 9 40 x, arrow indicating spiral spermathecal reservoir G ventral view of T 8 - 9 80 x, arrow indicating &quot; X &quot; shaped furca. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770868" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 25</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="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." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770869" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 26</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Saropogon pyrodes sp. nov. in natural habitat at ~ 0.7 km ENE of Amado in southern Arizona on September 5, 2017 A habitat overview B habitat detail with S. pyrodes included (arrow) C close-up of male perching D close-up of male consuming a bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Photographs by Jeff Gruber." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770870" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 27</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 34" captionStartId="F34" captionText="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." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure34" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770877" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 34</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The species is distinguished from congeners by its deep red color, hyaline wings, gracile body, white pubescence on the posterior margin of T1-7, and T3 is typically darker than the other tergites (Fig. 
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Male.</emphasis>
Holotype (Figs 
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, 
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 22.</emphasis>
Habitus drawing of male 
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sp. nov. by Keely Davies.
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(Fig. 
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) Wider than high; vertex slightly depressed (less than 60° angle on median margin of compound eye); facial swelling not developed and with gold pubescence; mystax 24 white macrosetae that are restricted to lower facial margin; ommatidia of different sizes, at least some median ommatidia distinctly larger; postgena with its posterior margin simple and smooth; frons with gray pubescence, white setose; ocellar tubercle with gray pubescence, with white setae and macrosetae; vertex with gray pubescence and white setae; median occiput sclerite with several white macrosetae; postocular setae slightly angled anteriorly distally, with white macrosetae; occiput predominately with gray pubescence and white setae; postocciput non-pubescent, with white and brown macrosetae.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 23.</emphasis>
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sp. nov. paratype female: 
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dorsal view 
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lateral view 
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anterior view; holotype male: 
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anterior view 
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dorsal view 
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lateral view. Scale bars: 2 mm.
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.
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(Fig. 
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) Proboscis straight, subequal in length to an eye when viewed from the front, pale brown to dark brown distally; postmentum with white setae ventrally; prementum with white setae proximo-ventrally; labella reduced, apex blunt; maxillary palpus pale brown to orange, with yellow setae and macrosetae, non-pubescent.
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.
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(Fig. 
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) Pale brown to dark brown distally, with pale gray pubescence; scape approximately as long as pedicel, short white setae dorsally and long white macrosetae ventrally; pedicel white and pale brown setae distally; postpedicel tapering distally, medially broadest, short, approximately the same length as scape and pedicel combined, asetose; stylus composed of one element, asetose, with an apical seta-like sensory element in cavity of stylus.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Thorax</emphasis>
.
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(Fig. 
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) Pale brown to orange, with white pubescence; proepisternum with gray pubescence, with white setae and macrosetae; cervical sclerite long, with white setae; antepronotum with white pubescence, with white setae and macrosetae; postpronotum with white pubescence, with white setae; postpronotal lobe setose; pleuron with white pubescence; proepimeron asetose; anepisternum asetose; anepisternum supero-posterior asetose; anterior basalare asetose, with white pubescence; posterior basalare asetose, with white pubescence; anepimeron asetose, anterior half with white pubescence, posterior half non-pubescent; katepisternum asetose, anterior half non-pubescent, posterior half with white pubescence; katepimeron asetose, non-pubescent; katergite with white setae and macrosetae, with white pubescence; meron and metanepisternum asetose, with white pubescence; metakatepisternum asetose, with white pubescence; metepimeron asetose, and with white pubescence; anatergite asetose, with white pubescence; scutum predominantly with gray pubescence; scutum brown with white setae and macrosetae; scutal setae with small sockets; two notopleural setae; one supraalar seta; one postalar seta; many (&gt; 4) short white dorsocentral (dc) setae; many (&gt; 4) short white acrostichal setae; many (&gt; 4) short white medial setae on posterior scutum (between dc setae); scutellum with gray pubescence; discal scutellar setae absent; apical scutellar setae present, two long brown macrosetae.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leg.</emphasis>
(Fig. 
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) Pale brown to orange, non-pubescent, at least some setae dorso-ventrally flattened, others circular; coxae orange, with gray pubescence, with white setae and macrosetae; prothoracic femur flattened with white setae ventrally and long white setae dorsally; prothoracic tibia with short white setae except the antero-ventral surface has short gold setae, one or two yellow macroseta on distal end of ventral side, with white macrosetae: four in a postero-dorsal row, five short ones in a postero-ventral row, one or two long macrosetae in a postero-ventral row; prothoracic tibia with sigmoid spur, originating antero-ventrally directly from tibia; mesothoracic coxa with gray pubescence, with white setae and macrosetae; mesothoracic femur ventrally asetose except for two white macrosetae on proximal end, short white macrosetae sparsely covering the rest; mesothoracic tibia with short white setae, white macrosetae: three in an antero-dorsal row, 2 in 1 antero-ventral row, four in a dorsal row, three in a postero-ventral row; metathoracic coxa with gray pubescence, with white setae and macrosetae; metathoracic femur with long white setae and macrosetae; metathoracic tibia with white macrosetae: three in a antero-dorsal row, three in an antero-ventral row, three in a dorsal row, three in a postero-ventral row, straight; tarsus with proximal pro, mes, and met tarsomeres as long as following two tarsomeres combined, with brown macrosetae; pulvilli well-developed (as long as claw); claw smoothly arched distally, pointed; empodium setiform, and well developed (as long as pulvilli).
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.
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(Fig. 
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) 8 mm. Hyaline, without microtrichia; posterior wing margin with microtrichia arranged in a single plane.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 24.</emphasis>
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sp. nov. wing. Scale bar: 2 mm.
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.
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(Figs 
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, 
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) Pale brown to orange with some tergites brown dorsally; tergite sculpture smooth and setae with small sockets only; T1 white setose, laterally with long white macrosetae, predominantly with gray pubescence, medially non-pubescent, entirely sclerotized medially, dorsal surface smooth and without protuberances; T2-8 entirely sclerotized, white setose, setae short medially and longer laterally, predominantly pale brown to orange, predominantly non-pubescent with gray pubescent band on posterior margin, band thinner dorso-medially; T2-8 marginal and medial macrosetae absent; S1-8 brownish orange, with short white setae, and with pale gray pubescence.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 25.</emphasis>
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, arrow indicating acanthophorites (spines) 
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ventral view of T6-9 40 
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shaped furca. Scale bars: 1 mm.
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</emphasis>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Saropogon pyrodes sp. nov. terminalia. Male (USNMENT 01819155): A dorsal view 75 x B lateral view 75 x C ventral view 75 x; female (UAIC 1128818): D dorsal view 80 x, arrow indicating acanthophorites (spines) E lateral view 95 x F ventral view of T 6 - 9 40 x, arrow indicating spiral spermathecal reservoir G ventral view of T 8 - 9 80 x, arrow indicating &quot; X &quot; shaped furca. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770868" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">25A-C</figureCitation>
) S8 simple, reduced rectangular sclerite; hypopygium rotated ~ 90° and pointing posteriorly; epandrium separated medially, joining proximally, and unfused; hypandrium well-developed and rectangular; hypandrium and epandrium approximating laterally, but not fused proximally; hypandrium and gonocoxites entirely free; gonocoxal apodeme present and short; gonostyli present and positioned distally on gonocoxites; cerci free and not fused medially; lateral ejaculatory process present and with a large cylindrical sclerite; one functional phallic prong; hypandrium with posterior margin simple with no distinct projections; sperm sac appearing weakly sclerotized; ejaculatory apodeme is a single plate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Female abdomen</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Saropogon pyrodes sp. nov. terminalia. Male (USNMENT 01819155): A dorsal view 75 x B lateral view 75 x C ventral view 75 x; female (UAIC 1128818): D dorsal view 80 x, arrow indicating acanthophorites (spines) E lateral view 95 x F ventral view of T 6 - 9 40 x, arrow indicating spiral spermathecal reservoir G ventral view of T 8 - 9 80 x, arrow indicating &quot; X &quot; shaped furca. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770868" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">25D-G</figureCitation>
) S7 and T7 are normally developed, without any modifications; segments eight and following comprising ovipositor; setae on T8 are directed anteriorly; T8 with anterior rectangular apodeme and entirely fused to T8; S8 plate-like with hypogynial valves extending; T9 and T10 partly fused; T10 divided into two heavily sclerotized acanthophorite plates with eight acanthophorite spurs on each plate; three equally large spermathecae, common spermathecal duct short, and not extending beyond tip of furca, individual spermathecal ducts long; spermathecal reservoir formed by coiled ducts and heavily sclerotized spermathecae contained within three most posterior segments; furca divided anteriorly into two lateral sclerites, H-shaped; furcal apodeme present, short and platelike.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Length</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Body length 10 mm; wing length: 6 mm.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="holotype condition">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype condition.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">The holotype is in good condition and is not missing any parts.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="type material">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
United States of America • 1♂, holotype; Arizona, Pima County, 7 mi. N. Tucson; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="33" direction="north" minutes="47" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="33.783333">33°47'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="111" direction="west" minutes="34" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-111.566666">111°34'W</geoCoordinate>
; 740 m; 04 Sep. 1968; D. R. Miller, J. E. Lauck; USNM; USNMENT01199000 • 1♀, 7♂, paratypes; same data as for holotype; USNM; USNMENT01819173, USNMENT01199055, USNMENT01819150, USNMENT01819585, USNMENT01819580, USNMENT01819176, USNMENT01819472 • 3♂, paratypes; same data as for holotype; CASENT; USNMENT01819175, USNMENT01819179, USNMENT01819155 • 1♂, paratype; same data as for holotype; BMEC; USNMENT01819167 • 1♂, paratype; Arizona, Pima County, 4 mi. N. Continental; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="31" direction="north" minutes="54" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="31.9">31°54'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="110" direction="west" minutes="57" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-110.95">110°57'W</geoCoordinate>
; 844 m; 11 Aug. 1964; M. E. Irwin; USNM; USNMENT01819500 • 1♀, 1♂, paratypes; Arizona, Santa Cruz County, Juan Bautista De Anza Trail Amado; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="31" direction="north" minutes="44" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="31.733334">31°44'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="111" direction="west" minutes="02" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-111.03333">111°02'W</geoCoordinate>
; 916 m; 31 Aug. 2018; C. W. Melton; UAIC; UAIC1128818, UAIC1128819; BugGuide: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1588371, 1588372, 1588341, 1588340, 1588338 • 1♂, paratype; same data as for proceeding; TAM; USNMENT01819495.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Other material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2016-09-03" collectorName="K. Roragen" country="United States of America" county="Pima County" elevation="943" latitude="31.833334" location="Green Valley" longLatPrecision="1214" longitude="-110.98333" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Arizona">
<collectingCountry name="United States of America">United States of America</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="Arizona">Arizona</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCounty>Pima County</collectingCounty>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:57A35F0E162E54039EC4DA86DC11A862:C4619328B4C55C4D8137B67A3926F69C" country="United States of America" county="Pima County" latitude="31.833334" longLatPrecision="1214" longitude="-110.98333" name="Green Valley" stateProvince="Arizona">Green Valley</location>
; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="31" direction="north" minutes="50" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="31.833334">31°50'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="110" direction="west" minutes="59" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-110.98333">110°59'W</geoCoordinate>
; 
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.43" unit="m" value="943.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.43" unit="m" value="943.0">943 m</elevation>
</quantity>
; 
<collectingDate value="2016-09-03">03 Sep 2016</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>K. Roragen</collectorName>
; iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51920444
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2017-09-05" collectorName="J. Gruber, BugGuide" country="United States of America" county="Santa Cruz County" elevation="934" latitude="31.7" location="Amado" longLatPrecision="1214" longitude="-111.05" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Arizona">
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="Arizona">Arizona</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCounty>Santa Cruz County</collectingCounty>
, 
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" unit="km" value="0.7">0.7 km</quantity>
ExNE of 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:57A35F0E162E54039EC4DA86DC11A862:38948FB4DBC2E9C251A7D7675DB22D8D" country="United States of America" county="Santa Cruz County" latitude="31.7" longLatPrecision="1214" longitude="-111.05" name="Amado" stateProvince="Arizona">Amado</location>
; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="31" direction="north" minutes="42" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="31.7">31°42'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="111" direction="west" minutes="03" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-111.05">111°03'W</geoCoordinate>
; 
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.34" unit="m" value="934.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.34" unit="m" value="934.0">934 m</elevation>
</quantity>
; 
<collectingDate value="2017-09-05">05 Sep 2017</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>J. Gruber</collectorName>
; 
<collectorName>BugGuide</collectorName>
: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1439519
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-01-01" collectingDateMax="2022-12-31" collectingDateMin="2022-01-01" country="United States of America" location="Flickr" specimenCount="1">
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:57A35F0E162E54039EC4DA86DC11A862:4325DAF55AF529DEE016ACEB3A3C2C07" country="United States of America" name="Flickr">Flickr</location>
: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7432824
</materialsCitation>
@N07/albums/72157701454226641.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-01-01" collectingDateMax="2022-12-31" collectingDateMin="2022-01-01" county="Department of Entomology Collections" location="Information" municipality="Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Search" specimenCount="16" specimenCount-female="2" specimenCount-male="14" typeStatus="holotype">
The 
<typeStatus>holotype</typeStatus>
(
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
) and several 
<typeStatus>paratypes</typeStatus>
(
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
<specimenCount type="male">7♂</specimenCount>
) of the new species have recently been deposited in USNM (as a donation from Eric Fisher); the rest of the 
<typeStatus>paratypes</typeStatus>
will be split between BMEC (
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
), CASENT (
<specimenCount type="male">3♂</specimenCount>
), UAIC (
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
), TAM (
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
). 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:57A35F0E162E54039EC4DA86DC11A862:8DE38566A29F47E4D5E5D400355B713F" county="Department of Entomology Collections" municipality="Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Search" name="Information">Information</location>
and pictures of the 
<typeStatus>holotype</typeStatus>
are available on the 
<collectingMunicipality>Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Search</collectingMunicipality>
the 
<collectingCounty>Department of Entomology Collections</collectingCounty>
website: http://n 
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="kg" metricValue="2.0" unit="t" value="2.0">2t</quantity>
.net/ark:/65665/36f568a66-098a-4932-8900-92113e4b58b9
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
USA: Arizona (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="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." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770869" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">26</figureCitation>
) https://www.simplemappr.net/map/17143.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770869" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 26" startId="F26">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 26.</emphasis>
Focused map of the Arizona distribution of Nearctic 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Loew" authorityYear="1847" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Saropogon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Saropogon" order="Neuroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Saropogon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName authorityName="Loew" authorityYear="1847" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="order">Diptera</taxonomicName>
: 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Asilidae</taxonomicName>
). Map created with SimpleMappr on January 25, 2022, and available at: https://www.simplemappr.net/map/17143.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Biology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Jeff Gruber photographed specimens of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Alberts &amp; Fisher" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Saropogon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Saropogon pyrodes" order="Neuroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pyrodes">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Saropogon pyrodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. and its habitat (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Saropogon pyrodes sp. nov. in natural habitat at ~ 0.7 km ENE of Amado in southern Arizona on September 5, 2017 A habitat overview B habitat detail with S. pyrodes included (arrow) C close-up of male perching D close-up of male consuming a bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Photographs by Jeff Gruber." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770870" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">27A, B</figureCitation>
). 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. pyrodes" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pyrodes">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. pyrodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is seen here perching/hunting on a grass, most likely 
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Bouteloua" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Bouteloua aristidoides" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aristidoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Bouteloua aristidoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Poaceae</taxonomicName>
; Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Saropogon pyrodes sp. nov. in natural habitat at ~ 0.7 km ENE of Amado in southern Arizona on September 5, 2017 A habitat overview B habitat detail with S. pyrodes included (arrow) C close-up of male perching D close-up of male consuming a bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Photographs by Jeff Gruber." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770870" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">27C</figureCitation>
), on the edge of a sandy clearing as well as consuming its prey (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Saropogon pyrodes sp. nov. in natural habitat at ~ 0.7 km ENE of Amado in southern Arizona on September 5, 2017 A habitat overview B habitat detail with S. pyrodes included (arrow) C close-up of male perching D close-up of male consuming a bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Photographs by Jeff Gruber." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770870" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">27D</figureCitation>
) in the typical hanging position observed in other 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Macquart" authorityYear="1838" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Dasypogoninae">Dasypogoninae</taxonomicName>
species.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770870" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 27" startId="F27">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 27.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Alberts &amp; Fisher" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Saropogon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Saropogon pyrodes" order="Neuroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pyrodes">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Saropogon pyrodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. in natural habitat at ~ 0.7 km ENE of Amado in southern Arizona on September 5, 2017 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
habitat overview 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
habitat detail with 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. pyrodes" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pyrodes">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. pyrodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
included (arrow) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
close-up of male perching 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
close-up of male consuming a bee (
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Hymenoptera</taxonomicName>
: 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Apidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Apidae</taxonomicName>
). Photographs by Jeff Gruber.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Jeff Gruber described some behavior (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Saropogon pyrodes sp. nov. male in nature at ~ 0.7 km ENE of Amado in southern Arizona on Sep. 5, 2017 (flicker: [https: // www. flickr. com / photos / 7432824 @ N 07 / 45297662671 / in / album- 72157687317436870 /]). Photograph by Jeff Gruber." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770844" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">1</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Saropogon pyrodes sp. nov. in natural habitat at ~ 0.7 km ENE of Amado in southern Arizona on September 5, 2017 A habitat overview B habitat detail with S. pyrodes included (arrow) C close-up of male perching D close-up of male consuming a bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Photographs by Jeff Gruber." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770870" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">27</figureCitation>
) on Flickr: &quot;Found this beauty as I was walking back to my car mid-afternoon on a very warm day. It was hanging around the low grasses at the periphery of a 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1868" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pogonomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pogonomyrmex" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pogonomyrmex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ant nest in grassland type habitat on floodplain(?) of Santa Cruz River, which at the time was a dry wash. It alternated perches between the low grasses, short dead stems poking up from the soil, and the soil surface&quot;. Original post: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7432824@N07/36417103883/in/faves-157063159@N04/.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Named for the 
<normalizedToken originalValue="fly’s">fly's</normalizedToken>
bright, fiery red color: 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">pyrodes</emphasis>
is Greek for fire-like.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="comments">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
In 1964, Mike Irwin collected the first record of this species, a male from four miles north of Continental, Arizona. He gave the specimen to Joseph Wilcox to identify. Then in 1968, Miller collected twelve specimens (11 ♂ and 1 ♀) from just north of Tucson, Arizona. He also donated this collection to J. Wilcox. The second author borrowed the specimens from Wilcox in approximately 1979 when he started a Ph.D. program at the University of California, Riverside. He considered describing this unique fly but never did. Finally, in 2017, beautiful photographs by Jeff Gruber (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Saropogon pyrodes sp. nov. in natural habitat at ~ 0.7 km ENE of Amado in southern Arizona on September 5, 2017 A habitat overview B habitat detail with S. pyrodes included (arrow) C close-up of male perching D close-up of male consuming a bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Photographs by Jeff Gruber." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1130.81874.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/770870" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">27A-D</figureCitation>
) of this species appeared on BugGuide (https://bugguide.net/node/view/1439519), an online community where naturalists post and identify images of arthropods from the United States and Canada. Because of this, the second author immediately knew that this fly was long overdue for description, resulting in this manuscript.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Wilcox" authorityYear="1966" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Saropogon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Saropogon bryanti" order="Neuroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bryanti">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Saropogon bryanti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. senex" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="senex">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. senex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been collected within 10 km of the type locality of 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. pyrodes" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pyrodes">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. pyrodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Curran" authorityYear="1930" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Saropogon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Saropogon purus" order="Neuroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="purus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Saropogon purus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. coquillettii" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coquillettii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. coquillettii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can also be found in the area; the material examined showed specimens within 60 km of 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. pyrodes" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pyrodes">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. pyrodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collection sites. 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Saropogon hypomelas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. fletcheri" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fletcheri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. fletcheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. albifrons" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albifrons">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. albifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. mohawki" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mohawki">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. mohawki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are all found within 200 km (Fig. 
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). 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Alberts &amp; Fisher" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Saropogon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Saropogon pyrodes" order="Neuroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pyrodes">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Saropogon pyrodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
typically flies later in the season (Aug. - Sep.) than 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. bryanti" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bryanti">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. bryanti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. senex" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="senex">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. senex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Jun. - Aug.), 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. purus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="purus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. purus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Jul.), and 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. albifrons" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albifrons">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. albifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Apr. - Jun.). 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Back" authorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Asilidae" genus="Saropogon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Saropogon coquillettii" order="Neuroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coquillettii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Saropogon coquillettii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(May - Sep.), 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. fletcheri" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fletcheri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. fletcheri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. mohawki" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mohawki">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. mohawki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Jun - Oct.), and 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="S. hypomelas" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hypomelas">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">S. hypomelas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Jun. - Sep.) have longer flight seasons but are uncommon in the later months.
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