Blepharepium annulatum ( Bigot, 1857 )

Smit, John T., 2019, Robber flies from Sint Eustatius, Lesser Antilles, with the descriptions of Efferia exaggerata sp. n. and the male of Ommatius prolongatus Scarbrough (Diptera: Asilidae), Zootaxa 4586 (1), pp. 141-150 : 147-148

Blepharepium annulatum ( Bigot, 1857)

Senobasis annulata Bigot, 1857: 331 ; Kertesz, 1909: 124; Martin & Papavero, 1970: 57.

Diogmites annulatus, Osten Sacken, 1874: 184 ; 1878: 233; Williston, 1891: 75.

Dasypogon secabile Walker, 1860: 276 . Synonymy by Papavero & Bernardi, 1973.

Saropogon secabile, Bellardi, 1861: 63 .

Stenobasis secabile, Schiner, 1867: 371 ; Kertesz, 1909: 124.

Planetolestes secabilis, Lynch Arribalzaga, 1879: 150 ; Osten Sacken, 1887: 171.

Blepharepium secabile, Lynch Arribalzaga, 1881: 24 ; Williston, 1891: 76; Bromley, 1929: 279; Curran, 1942: 55; Carrera, 1949: 53; Carrera & Papavero, 1962: 47; Carrera & Machado-Allison 1963: 237; Martin, 1965: 20; Martin & Wilcox, 1965: 265; Martin & Papavero, 1970: 28; Papavero & Bernardi, 1973: 172; Papavero & Ibáñez Bernal, 2001: 95.

Blepharepium annulatum, Bromley, 1929: 279 ; Curran, 1942: 55; Carrera, 1949: 46; Papvero & Bernardi, 1973: 172; Papvero, 2009: 66.

Senobasis secabilis, Alayo Dalmau & Garcia Ávila, 1983: 47 .

Diagnosis. Blepharipum annulatum can be recognized from its congeners by the following combination of characters: abdominal tergites blackish or brownish on anterior margin, yellow pollinose on posterior margin, basal 2/3 of mid and hind femora shinning black, apex yellow, epandrium elongated and without a distinct dorsal angle.

No material was encountered on Sint Eustatius, but it was recorded from the island by Papavero & Bernardi (1973).

Distribution. Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, Cuba, Panama, Trinidad, St. Eustatius, Aruba, Bonaire, Colombia and Venezuela ( Papavero 2009).