Review of the genus Saropogon Loew, 1847 (Diptera: Asilidae) from Russia Transcaucasia and Central Asia, with description of three new species Author Sakhvon, Vital V. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-10-14 4860 4 577 591 journal article 8230 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.4.7 93602399-e4fc-48cc-a30b-f981150a39a9 1175-5326 4414391 25557C4D-687B-4B33-BE05-175AA71FA4E5 Saropogon geniculatus Loew, 1869 Figs 3 , 27 Saropogon geniculatus Loew, 1869: 92 , type locality: Grusien [ Georgia ]; Engel 1930: 457; Shtakelberg 1933: 120 ; Richter 1964: 341 ( Armenia ); 1968: 135 (Transcaucasia); 1969: 519 (Transcaucasia); Lehr 1988: 262 . Diagnosis . Body length 10.0–16.0 mm. Mystax white. Ocellar and postocular setae white. Scutum silvery tomentose with short white setae and macrosetae. Scutellum with 2–4 white apical macrosetae. Pleuron silvery tomentose without setae. Wings brownish. Legs reddish yellow with white setae and macrosetae. Femora with black stripe dorsally. Tergites black, with white stripe posteriorly. Hypopygium black with white setae ( Richter 1968 ). Specimens examined . No specimens were examined. Prey . Astata sp., Tachysphex panzeri (both—Hymenoptera, Sphecidae ), Chelonus oculator ( Hymenoptera , Braconidae ), Chrysis ( Tetrachrysis ) sp. ( Hymenoptera , Chrysididae ) ( Richter 1968 ). Distribution . Transcaucasia ( Armenia , Georgia ).