Atherigona hyalinipennis van Emden, 1959, 1958

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Atherigona hyalinipennis van Emden, 1959

Fig. 49

Atherigona hyalinipennis: van Emden 1958: 7 , nomen nudum.

Atherigona hyalinipennis van Emden, 1959: 193 ; Deeming 1971: 160, figs 67–69.

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from others with a yellow frontal vitta by its fore legs having a slight infuscation on the femur, and the tibia being infuscated on its apical half. It is very similar to A. bedfordi and A. humeralis , but differs in the structure of the trifoliate process and hypopygial prominence ( Fig. 48 vs. Figs 21 & 42 ).

Type material examined: Holotype ♂: ERITREA: on road below Arbaroba , 6800ft [2073 m], 12.x.1952 ( NHMUK).

Other material examined: BOTSWANA: 1♂ Tlokweng , Sorghum field, 6–13.iii.1990, J.M. Mashonja, Malaise trap ( NMSA) . NAMIBIA: 1♂ Kaoko Otawi , iii.1995, SAMC Expedition (SAM-DIP A013853) . SOUTH AFRICA : KwaZulu­Natal: 1♂ Royal Natal National Park , 28°41.362'S 28°56.327'E, 1425 m, stream, y-wood, 10–13.xii.2004, M.B. Mostovski, Malaise trap ( NMSA) .

Distribution: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa (new), Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Figures

Figs 46–54. Atherigona spp.: trifoliate process and hypopygial prominence of (46) A. chrysohypene sp. n.; (47) A. tritici Pont & Deeming; (48) A. londti sp. n.; (49) A. hyalinipennis van Emden; (50) A. secrecauda Séguy; (51) A. lineata lineata (Adams); (52) A. lineata torrida Deeming; (53) A. lineata ugandae van Emden; (54) A. soccata Rondani. Not to scale.

Figs 19–27. Atherigona spp.: trifoliate process and hypopygial prominence of (19) A. marginifolia van Emden; (20) A. erectisetula sp. n.; (21) A. humeralis (Wiedemann); (22) A. bundongoana van Emden; (23) A. falcata (Thomson); (24) A. ndumoensis sp. n.; (25) A. decempilosa Dike; (26) A. binubila van Emden; (27) A. piscatoris sp. n. Not to scale.

Figs 37–45. Atherigona spp.: trifoliate process and hypopygial prominence of (37) A. naqvii Steyskal; (38) A. ruficornis Stein; (39) A. flaviheteropalpata sp. n.; (40) A. latibasilaris sp. n.; (41) A. mitrata Séguy; (42) A. bedfordi van Emden; (43) A. ochracea Deeming; (44) A. theodori Hennig; (45) A. rubricornis Stein. Not to scale.