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Atherigona laevigata

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates, National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Description

Atherigona laevigata (Loew, 1852)

Fig. 8

Coenosia laevigata Loew, 1852: 660.

Atherigona laevigata: Van Emden 1940: 113, figs 6, 56; Deeming 1971: 148, figs 13–18; Pont 1991: 341; Muller 2015: 877, fig. 7, Muller and Mostovski 2018: 350, fig. 6, Deeming 2022: 127.

Atherigona scutellaris Stein in Becker 1903: 110.

Atherigona minuta Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911: 183.

Material examined.

Lesotho • 1 ♂; Mamathes [Masupha], Basutoland; [29 ° 8.000 ' S, 27 ° 51.000 ' E]; 16 May 1948; C. Jacot Guillarmod leg.

Other material examined.

South Africa • 1 ♂; Free State, Brandfort, Florisbad Research Station; 28 ° 46.039 ' S, 26 ° 04.234 ' E; 4–6 Apr. 2009; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; Malaise traps, Acacia, Savanna; BMSA (D) 05529 • 1 ♂; KwaZulu-Natal, Ndumo Game Reserve, Shokwe area at: 26 ° 52.125 ' S, 32 ° 13.731 ' E; 30 Nov. – 4 Dec. 2009; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; Malaise traps, Ficus forest; BMSA (D) 15826.

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished from other Afrotropical species by its glossy frontal plate and infuscated frontal vitta with apical third yellow in combination with a knoblike hypopygial prominence (Fig. 8).

Distribution.

AFROTROPICAL – Angola, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho (new record), Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. PALAEARCTIC – Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen.

Notes

Published as part of Magoai, Mokome M. J. & Muller, Burgert S., 2024, The first record of Atherigona from Lesotho (Diptera, Muscidae), with description of a new species, pp. 49-60 in African Invertebrates 65 (2) on pages 49-60, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.131744

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URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/ABB46580D0A454F09E851A1A0B2B0195

Cites
Publication: 10.1017/S0007485300057527 (DOI)
Publication: 10.10520/EJC183859 (DOI)
Publication: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.2.9 (DOI)
Publication: 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987 (DOI)
Figure: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.131744.figures4-11 (DOI)
Figure: https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1127337 (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.131744 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/30B3439D2A215222BC26390FBBEB6B0D (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/C06A15ED-2AF6-4F52-A6D5-BB4567DA3480 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/ABB46580D0A454F09E851A1A0B2B0195 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/240164214 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/302175/taxon/ABB46580D0A454F09E851A1A0B2B0195.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMSA
Event date
1948-05-16 , 2009-04-04 , 2009-11-30
Verbatim event date
1948-05-16 , 2009-04-04/06 , 2009-11-30/12-04
Scientific name authorship
Loew
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae
Genus
Atherigona
Species
laevigata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Atherigona laevigata (Loew, 1852) sec. Magoai & Muller, 2024

References

  • Loew H (1852) Hr. Peters legte Diagnosen und Abbildungen der von ihm in Mossambique neu entdeckten Dipteren vor, welche von Hrn. Professor Loew bearbeitet worden sind. Bericht uber die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Koniglichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaft zu Berlin 1852: 658 - 661.
  • Van Emden FI (1940) Muscidae: B — Coenosiinae. British Museum (Natural History) Ruwenzori Expedition 1934–35. Vol. 2. No 4. British Museum (Natural History), London, 91–255.
  • Deeming JC (1971) Some species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera, Muscidae) from northern Nigeria, with special reference to those injurious to cereal crops. Bulletin of Entomological Research 61: 133–190. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300057527
  • Pont AC (1991) A review of the Fanniidae and Muscidae (Diptera) of the Arabian Peninsula. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 12: 312–365.
  • Muller BS (2015) Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae). African Invertebrates 56 (3): 845–918. https://doi.org/10.10520/EJC183859
  • Muller BS, Mostovski MB (2018) A key to males of Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae) from Mali, with new records and a new species for the country. Zootaxa 4425 (2): 342–356. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4425.2.9
  • Deeming JC (2022) Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described. European Journal of Taxonomy 847: 121–144. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987
  • Becker T (1903) Aegyptische Dipteren (Fortsetzung und Schluss). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 2: 67–195.
  • Schnabl J, Dziedzicki H (1911) Die Anthomyiden. Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino- Carolinae Germanicum Naturae Curiosorum 95 (2): 53 - 358.