Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Saropogon atricolor male from Rhodes

Posted by piros on 08-08-2016 20:44
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I found this fly on 21/06/2016, near Faliraki, Rhodes. It keys out at Saropogon atricolor (male) in Engel's key (many thanks to Reinoud van der Broek for the PDF!). I have little doubt about this ID, because it corresponds pretty well to the original description:

http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/WEMS_1_0001-0010.pdf

and to the photo of the type specimen:

http://eos.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/result?Family=Asilidae&Genus=Saropogon&Subgenus=&Species=atricolor&InfraspecificEpithet=&AuthorYear=Loew%2C%201857

However, I could find very little about this sp. in the Internet, and it seems from whatever is there that the sp. is known from Rhodes only, and only the male is described.
Does anyone know something more, or more recent about this sp.?
Thanks for any help in advance!
Greetings,
Henrik