Atherigona nigrapicalis Deeming, 1979

Muller, B. S., 2015, Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae), African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 845-845 : 889

Atherigona nigrapicalis Deeming, 1979

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Atherigona nigrapicalis Deeming, 1979: 36 , figs 13–15.

Diagnosis: This species can be separated from others with an infuscated frontal vitta by its surstylus that is infuscated apically and on posterior angle. The mesonotum also lacks 2-4 dorsocentral vittae.

Type material examined: Holotype ♂: ‘NORTHERN NIGERIA [ NIGERIA]: Zaria , Samaru, 9.iv.1971, J.C. Deeming’ ( NHMUK).

Other material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: Gauteng: 1♂ Johannesburg , 18.i.1953, Paterson ( NHMUK) ; KwaZulu­Natal: 1♂ Mkuzi Game Reserve , 27°38'20"S 32°09'30"E, ca. 140 m, 8–15.x.1990, J.G.H. Londt, MV [Mercury vapour] light & Malaise ( NMSA) ; 2♂ Ndumo Game Reserve , pan, 26°54.288'S 32°17.974'E, Grassy flood plain, 9–10.xii.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 19465, 19470) .

Distribution: Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Figures

Figs10–18.Atherigona spp.:trifoliate processand hypopygialprominence of(10) A.nigrapicalisDeeming; (11) A. longifolia van Emden; (12) A. aurifacies van Emden; (13) A. griseiventris van Emden; (14) A. capitulata sp. n.; (15) A. umbonata sp. n.; (16) A. flavifinis sp. n.; (17) A. heteropalpata sp. n., also palpus; (18) A. aster van Emden. Not to scale.