Atherigona gilvifolia van Emden, 1940

Muller, B. S., 2015, Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae), African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 845-845 : 872-873

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.056.0301

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7915120

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039387FE-FFC6-E003-FE47-FA6DFD32FD92

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Atherigona gilvifolia van Emden, 1940
status

 

Atherigona gilvifolia van Emden, 1940 View in CoL

Fig. 65 View Figs 64–68

Atherigona gilvifolia van Emden, 1940: 125 View in CoL , 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) GoogleMaps .SOUTHAFRICA: KwaZulu­Natal: 1♂ Durban Treasure Beach , 29°56'26"S 30°59'48"E, Grassland & scrub, 04.vii.1990, Natal Museum Ent. Dept. ( NMSA) GoogleMaps ; 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) GoogleMaps ; 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) GoogleMaps . 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) GoogleMaps .

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

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

NMSA

KwaZulu-Natal Museum

BMSA

National Museum Bloemfontein

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Muscidae

Genus

Atherigona

Loc

Atherigona gilvifolia van Emden, 1940

Muller, B. S. 2015
2015
Loc

Atherigona gilvifolia

DEEMING, J. C. & OVERMAN, J. L. 1987: 19
DEEMING, J. C. 1971: 168
VAN EMDEN, F. I. 1940: 125
1940
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