Dasypogoninae
Blepharepiini
Blepharepium
Dasypogonini
Lestomyia
Parataracticus
Saropogon *
Taracticus
Isopogonini
Comantella
Cophura
Hodophylax
Nicocles
Omninablautus
Lastaurini
Diogmites

Nearctic species:

1. Saropogon abbreviatus Johnson, 1903
2. Saropogon albifrons Back, 1904
3. Saropogon birdi Curran, 1931
4. Saropogon bryanti Wilcox, 1966
5. Saropogon combustus Loew, 1874
6. Saropogon coquilletti Back, 1909
7. Saropogon dispar Coquillett, 1902
8. Saropogon fletcheri Bromley, 1934
9. Saropogon hyalinus Coquillett, 1904
10. Saropogon hypomelas (Loew, 1866)
11. Saropogon laparoides Bromley, 1951
12. Saropogon luteus Coquillett, 1904
13. Saropogon mohawki Wilcox, 1966
14. Saropogon nitidus Wilcox, 1966
15. Saropogon pritchardi Bromley, 1934
16. Saropogon purus Curran, 1930
17. Saropogon sculleni Wilcox, 1966
18. Saropogon semiustus Coquillett, 1904
19. Saropogon senex Osten-Sacken, 1887
20. Saropogon solus Bromley, 1951

 
 
 
 
 
 

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	Scutellar bristles absent or short, not more than half the length of the scutellum.
	Scutellar bristles present, at least as long as scutellum.

	Scutellar bristles absent. Abdomen dark reddish. Legs pale reddish yellow. Wings luteous, with gray tips. Length 12 mm . . . . . males of Saropogon solus Bromley, 1951 [TEX, MEX]
	Scutellar bristles present. Male abdomen black, female abdomen reddish.

	Disc of scutellum with short bristles, posterior margin with 8-10 bristles. Scutum and pleura largely bare and posterior margin of scutellum bare of pollen. Male legs black, female legs red. Length 9-12 mm . . . . . Saropogon abbreviatus Johnson, 1903 (= S. bicolor Johnson, 1903) [TX]
	Disc of scutellum bare, four short marginal bristles. Scutum, pleura and scutellum wholly grayish pollinose. Legs black, hind femora of female and sometimes of male reddish. length 10-12 mm . . . . . Saropogon senex Osten-Sacken, 1887 (= S. aridus Curran, 1930) [MEX, SIL, SON, CHA, DUR, ZAC, AGU, JAL, AZ]

	Abdomen wholly or largely black.
	Abdomen largely reddish or yellowish.

	Bristles of coxae black.
	Bristles of coxae white or yellow.

	Two scutellar bristles. Male abdomen and legs black, hind femora largely and mid femora, in part, reddish. Wings short, broad, brown. Female head, scutum, and coxae densely deep golden pollinose. Abdomen and legs almost wholly yellowish red. Length 11-13 mm . . . . . Saropogon purus Curran, 1930 [AZ, MEX]
	Four scutellar bristles. Male legs dark reddish brown. Length 13-19 mm . . . . . males of Saropogon combustus Loew, 1874 (= S. adustus Loew, 1874) [TX, CO, NE, KS, OK, NM]

	Scutellum with four marginal bristles.
	Scutellum with two marginal bristles.

	Male wings brown, female wings yellowish. Scutum black in male, brown in female. Male legs black, tibiae and tarsomeres brownish. Female legs reddish, fore and mid femora blackish dorsally. Length 20-23 mm . . . . . Saropogon dispar Coquillett, 1902 [TX, OK, MEX?]
	Wings hyaline.

	Scutum brownish gray pollinose. Legs reddish, tips of tibiae and tarsomeres blackish. Length 14-16 mm . . . . . Saropogon laparoides Bromley, 1951 [TX]
	Scutum yellowish gray pollinose. Femora reddish, fore and mid ones black dorsally and mid ones black ventrally, tibiae and tarsomeres blackish. Length 12 mm . . . . . Saropogon sculleni Wilcox, 1966 [TX]

	Legs uniformly reddish. Palpi black. Wings brown. Length 20-23 mm . . . . . Saropogon pritchardi Bromley, 1934 [TX, OK, NM]
	Femora black above. Base of palpi black, segment 2 reddish. Wings amber-colored, apex broadly infuscated. Length 27 mm . . . . . females of Saropogon birdi Curran, 1931 [OK]

	Wings hyaline.
	Wings blackish, brownish, or yellowish.

	Scutellum with four marginal bristles.
	Scutellum with two marginal bristles.

	Anterior corners of abdominal segments 2-6 and sometimes anetrior margins black, posterior corners grayish pollinose. Basal half or more of male femora black, female legs yellowish. Wings grayish apically and sometimes yellowish anteriorly. Length 14-16 mm . . . . . Saropogon coquilletti Back, 1909 [NM, AZ, TX, MEX, SON]
	Anterior corners of abdominal segments 4-5 or 4-6 with black spots, sometimes corners of 2-4 gray pollinose. Legs yellowish in both sexes, sometimes male femora blackish basally. Wings hyaline. Length 10-13 mm . . . . . Saropogon mohawki Wilcox, 1966 [AZ, CA, UT, NV, MEX, SON]

	Scutum densely yellowish gray pollinose, central stripe and small intermediate spots indistinctly brown. Male face light yellowish, frons white, occiput gray pollinose. Female frons and occiput centrally may be yellowish. Abdomen yellowish, sides of segment 1 and posterior corners of 2-5 white pollinose. Legs yellowish. Length 13-17 mm . . . . . Saropogon hyalinus Coquillett, 1904 [CA]
	Scutum whitish pollinose.

	Pleura anteriorly with a large shinig black spot. Male femora yellowish red, tibiae and tarsomeres black. Posterior corners of male abdominal segments 2-5, female 2-4, white pollinose. Female legs yellowish. Length 12-14 mm . . . . . Saropogon nitidus Wilcox, 1966 [TX, NM, MEX]
	Pleura wholly pollinose.

	Male legs black except tips of femora, female legs reddish. Pollen of face, scutum, and pleura with a golden cast. Bristles on scutum golden. Antennae brown. About 20 bristles in mystax. Posterior corners of abdominal segments 2-5 whitish pollinose, sometimes absent in male. Length 8-10 mm . . . . . Saropogon semiustus Coquillett, 1904 [CA, AZ, MEX]
	Legs reddish in both sexes. Pollen of face, scutum, and pleura white. Bristles on scutum white. Antennae yellowish. About 30 bristles in mystax. Posterior corners of abdominal segments 2-5 white pollinose in both sexes. Length 9-14 mm . . . . . Saropogon albifrons Back, 1904 [AZ, CA, MEX]

	Two scutellar bristles.
	Four scutellar bristles.

	Wings slender, yellowish especially along the veins. Face golden pollinose, male frons white, female yellowish or white. Abdomen reddish, slender with gray pollinose spots on the posterior corners. Length 11-17 mm . . . . . Saropogon luteus Coquillett, 1904 (= S. rufus Back, 1904) [CA, MEX, BCF]
	Wings broad brown. Face and frons yellowish pollinose. Abdomen broad reddish, without pollinose markings. Some specimens with four scutellar bristles. length 11-13 mm . . . . . females of Saropogon purus Curran, 1930 [AZ, MEX]

	Femora at least with a black stripe basally. male wings brown, female wings lighter.
	Legs wholly reddish.

	Male femora and sometimes the tibiae black. Female femora black basally or with black basal dorsal stripe. male face and frons white pollinose, female golden with ocellar tubercle and area around it white. Scutum yellowish gray pollinose, the divided central stripe brown. Length 17-23 mm . . . . . Saropogon hypomelas (Loew, 1866) [NM, TX, MEX?]
	Femora in both sexes with dorsal black stripe. Face and frons golden pollinose in both sexes. Scutum yellowish with the broad central stripe and intermediate spots dark gray. length 16-19 mm . . . . . Saropogon bryanti Wilcox, 1966 [AZ, NM, TX, MEX, SON]

	Large pale reddish species in both sexes. Abdominal segments 2-5 narrowly black on the anterior margins. Wings pale reddish brown. length 24-27 mm . . . . . Saropogon fletcheri Bromley, 1934 [TX]
	Males largely black, wings brown. Female entirely reddish, anterior corners of abdominal segments 2-5 black. Wings yellowish, dareker along the veins. Length 13-19 mm . . . . . Saropogon combustus Loew, 1874 (= S. adustus Loew, 1874) [TX, CO, NE, KS, OK, NM]

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