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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4860.4.7
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Saropogon pittoproctus
Loew, 1873
Figs 5
,
27
Saropogon pittoproctus
Loew, 1873: 124
,
type
locality: Samarkand [
Uzbekistan
]; Engel 1930: 463;
Lehr 1958: 187
(
Kazakhstan
); 1961: 130 (
Kazakhstan
); 1964b: 308 (
Kazakhstan
);
Richter 1975: 339
;
Lehr 1988: 264
.
Diagnosis
. Body length 9.0–14.0 mm. Mystax macrosetae white. Face reddish yellow with silver greyish or golden tomentum as well as frons. Vertex shiny black. Ocellar and lower occipital setae, postocular setae and macrosetae white or yellowish. Antenna reddish yellow, but postpedicel reddish brown at apex. Palpus reddish yellow. Thorax reddish yellow, but scutum dark brown in dorsal view, with golden tomentum. Scutum with all setae and macrosetae yellowish. Scutellum usually with 2 yellow apical macrosetae. Legs reddish yellow, hind femur brown at apex; setae and macrosetae golden, some of them brownish on hind tarsomeres. Tergites I–III reddish yellow, from tergite IV they become reddish brown, last tergite sometimes can be dark brown. Hypopygium dark brown with brownish setae.
Specimens examined.
Russia
.
Kalmykia
,
Yashkulsky Distr.
,
23 km
SSE Hulhuta
, [
46
º
7’18’’N
46
º
36’24’’E
],
M. Proshchalykin
,
V
.
Loktionov, M
.
Mokrousov
,
4♀
(
BSU
)
.
Kazakhstan
:
Turkistan Reg.
,
Shardara Distr.
,
E Shardara
, [
41
º
15’30’’N
68
º
2’46’’E
]
,
30.VII.1973
,
N. Kurzenko
,
3♂
,
2♀
(
IBSS
); south-eastern
Kyzylkum
, [
41
º
47’8’’N
67
º
42’58’’E
]
,
13.VI–7.VIII.1959
, P.
Lehr
,
10♂
,
15♀
(
IBSS
); same place
,
9.VI–2.VII.1960
, P.
Lehr
,
5♂
,
6♀
(
IBSS
); same place
,
2.VI–16.VII.1961
, P.
Lehr
,
3♂
,
1♀
(
IBSS
); same place
,
7.VI–5.VIII.1961
, G. Niko- laev,
13♂
,
14♀
(
IBSS
);
Kelessky Distr.
,
Abay
, [
41
º
30’58’’N
69
º
9’42’’E
]
,
2.VII.1958
,
P. Lehr
,
1♂
,
2♀
(
IBSS
);
Betpakdala
, [
44
º
11’8’’N
69
º
11’46’’E
]
,
28.VI–29.VII.1959
,
P. Lehr
,
2♂
,
3♀
(
IBSS
).
Zhetisay Distr.
,
Asykata
,
Syr Darya Riv.
, [
40
º
55’45’’N
68
º
27’51’’E
]
,
15.VIII.1961
,
G. Nikolaev
,
1♀
(
IBSS
).
Almaty
Reg.
,
Sartagoy
,
Charyn River
, [
43
o
47’55’’N
79
o
26’32’’E
]
,
6.VII.1962
, P.
Lehr
,
4♀
(
IBSS
); same place
,
4–5.VII.1965
, P.
Lehr
,
3♀
(
IBSS
); same place
,
24.VI–3.VII.1966
,
P. Lehr
,
1♂
,
1♀
(
IBSS
);
Ayakkalkan
, [
43
o
51’8’’N
78
o
24’9’’E
]
,
11.VIII.1966
,
P. Lehr
,
1♂
,
1♀
(
IBSS
);
Ili Riv.
, [
44
o
17’47’’N
76
o
40’53’’E
]
,
13–16.VII.1952
, P.
Lehr
,
2♂
,
1♀
(
IBSS
); Kapcha- gay, [
43
o
50’19’’N
77
o
3’24’’E
]
,
14.VII.1973
,
P. Lehr
,
1♀
(
IBSS
);
Aksu Distr.
,
11 km
E Zhansugirov
, [
45
o
23’4’’N
79
o
40’29’’E
]
,
17.VI
.1969
,
P. Lehr
,
1♂
(IBSS);
Alakol Distr.
,
Kabanbay
, [
45
o
51’23’’N
80
o
34’14’’E
],
17.VI
.1970
,
G. Nikolaev
,
1♂
(IBSS);
Usharal
, [
46
o
9’43’’N
80
o
55’32’’E
],
17.VII.1964
,
P. Lehr
,
1♂
(
IBSS
).
Jambyl Reg.
,
Chu River
,
Moiynkum
,
30 km
SW Ulanbel
, [
44
o
40’41’’N
70
o
52’56’’E
]
,
16–17.VII.1972
,
P. Lehr
,
1♂
,
3♀
(
IBSS
); Moi- ynkum
Distr.
,
8 km
NW Moiynkum
, [
44
º
18’34’’N
72
º
50’59’’E
]
,
6–18.VII.1975
,
V
.
Kazenas
,
1♂
,
1♀
(
IBSS
).
East Kazakhstan
Reg.
, [
46
o
47’54’’N
81
o
36’51’’E
]
,
26.VI
.1963
,
P. Lehr
,
4♂
,
1♀
(IBSS).
Mangyshlak
,
Mangystau Reg.
,
Mangystau Distr.
,
Ondy
, [
44
o
1’41’’N
52
o
26’13’’E
],
20–21.VI.1961
, V.
Kazenas
,
2♂
,
1♀
(
IBSS
);
Tupkaragan Distr.
,
Fort Shevchenko
, [
44
o
29’1’’N
50
o
16’37’’E
]
,
12.VII.1962
, I.
Scopina
,
1♂
(
IBSS
)
.
Uzbekistan
:
Nuratau Mount.
,
Yamchisay
, [
40
º
14’10’’N
67
º
15’16’’E
]
,
28.VI
.1961
, P.
Lehr
,
1♂
(IBSS).
Turkmenistan
:
10 km
S
Magtymguly
, [
38
º
20’45’’N
56
º
17’23’’E
]
,
8–10.VI
.1976
, A.
Lelej
,
2♂
,
1♀
(IBSS); same place,
9.VI
.1976
,
N. Kurzenko
,
2♂
,
3♀
(IBSS).
Bayramaly
, [
37
º
31’20’’N
62
º
17’1’’E
],
9–17.VI
.1968
,
A. Lelej
,
2♂
,
1♀
(IBSS).
Anau
, [
37
º
48’47’’N
58
º
29’17’’E
],
18.VI
.1976
,
N. Kurzenko
,
1♂
(IBSS).
Western Karakum
,
Akhcha-Kuyma
, [
39
º
20’56’’N
55
º
10’6’’E
],
2–6.VI
.1976
, N.
Kurzenko
&
A. Lelej
,
13♂
,
7♀
(IBSS); same place,
1.VI
.1985
, N.
Kurzenko
,
2♂
(IBSS); same place,
1–6.VI.1988
, P.
Lehr
,
N. Kurzenko
,
A. Lelej
,
5♂
,
3♀
(IBSS).
Farap
, [
39
º
10’38’’N
63
º
38’8’’E
],
20.VI
.1968
,
A. Lelej
,
2♀
(IBSS). Dzhu-Dzhu-Klu,
50 km
NE
Tedzhen
, [
37
º
48’6’’N
61
º
24’0’’E
],
24.V
.1985
,
A. Lelej
,
1♀
(IBSS).
5 km
N Kushka
,
Morgunovka
, [
35
o
18’35’’N
62
o
17’51’’E
],
27.V
.1985
,
A. Lelej
,
1♂
(IBSS).
60 km
E
Balkanabad
, [
39
º
36’46’’N
55
º
2’26’’E
],
1–2.VI.1988
, P.
Lehr
,
N. Kurzenko
,
A. Lelej
,
5♂
,
10♀
(IBSS).
Tajikistan
:
Khatlon
Reg.
,
Shaartuz
,
Dzharkurgan
, [
37º12’11’’N
68º12’10’’E
]
,
10.V
.2006
, O.
Pak
,
2♀
(BSU).
Prey
.
Apidae
(18), Chalcitidae (1) (both—Hymenoptera),
Asilidae
(
Saropogon pittoproctus
) (
Diptera
) (1) (
Lehr 1961
,
1964a
);
Halictus
sp. (2) (
Hymenoptera
), Heteroptera (1),
Diptera
(1) (unpublished data).
Distribution
.
Russia
[
Kalmykia
] (new record),
Kazakhstan
,
Turkmenistan
,
Tajikistan
,
Uzbekistan
,
Mongolia
,
Egypt
.