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Atherigona gilvifolia van Emden 1940

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Atherigona gilvifolia van Emden, 1940

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Atherigona gilvifolia van Emden, 1940: 125, figs 28, 52; Deeming 1971: 168, figs 96–100; Deeming 1979: 44; Deeming 1987: 19.

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from others with yellow palpi and infuscated frontal vitta by its very striking trifoliate process which is hyaline except for the extreme apex of the median piece.

Type material examined: Holotype ♂: NIGERIA: Ibadan, 19.x.1935 (NHMUK).

Other material examined: KENYA: 1♂ Rift Valley, Ol Arabe Gorge, 11.xi.1988, R.K. Butlin (NMSA) (Previously NMW.Z.1988–167); 1♂ Nairobi: Karura State Forest, 5 km NE of Nairobi, 01°15'S 36°53'E, 1700 m, 19.xi.1992, J.G.H. Londt & A.E.Whittington, Indigenous forest /edges (NMSA).SOUTHAFRICA: KwaZulu­Natal: 1♂ Durban Treasure Beach, 29°56'26"S 30°59'48"E, Grassland & scrub, 04.vii.1990, Natal Museum Ent. Dept. (NMSA); 1♂ Ndumo Game Reserve, main road, 26°54.288'S 32°17.974'E, Sand and broad-leafed deciduous forest, 4–8.xii.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap (BMSA (D) 18219); 1♂ Pietermaritzburg, Blackridge area, Grass on road margin, 20.iv.1982, D.A. Barraclough (NMSA); 1♂ Port Edward, 31°03'S 30°13'E, 9.iv.1997, K.R. Cradock, Malaise trap (NMSA). SWAZILAND: 1♂ 13 km N of Ngogolo, Panata Ranch, 26°19'S 31°38'E, 300 m, Bushveld, 22–24.iv.1991, J.G.H. Londt & L. Schoeman (NMSA).

Distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa (new), Swaziland (new), Tanzania, Uganda.

Notes

Published as part of Muller, B. S., 2015, Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae), pp. 845 in African Invertebrates 56 (3) on pages 872-873, DOI: 10.5733/afin.056.0301, http://zenodo.org/record/7915060

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  • VAN EMDEN, F. I. 1940. Muscidae: B. - Coenosiinae. In: British Museum (Natural History) Ruwenzori Expedition 1934 - 35 Vol. 2 no 4. 91 - 255. London: British Museum (Natural History).
  • DEEMING, J. C. 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.
  • DEEMING, J. C. & OVERMAN, J. L. 1987. A collection of Atherigona Rondani (Dipt., Muscidae) from Kenya and Uganda, with the description of a new species. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 123: 117 - 120.