Atherigona mitrata Séguy, 1955

Muller, B. S., 2015, Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae), African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 845-845 : 885

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.056.0301
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scientific name	Atherigona mitrata Séguy, 1955
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Atherigona mitrata Séguy, 1955 View in CoL

Fig. 41 View Figs 37–45

Atherigona mitrata Séguy, 1955: 164 View in CoL ; Deeming 1971: 156, figs 42–46.

Diagnosis: This species is very easily distinguised from other species by its very distinct and characteristic head, which is much longer than it is deep, with its parafacialia at its widest being longer than the horizontal length of the eye, at narrowest still wider than the postpedicel. It also has a hyaline trifoliate process with the median piece and lateral lobes very slim ( Fig. 41 View Figs 37–45 ).

Type material examined: Lectotype ♂: CAMEROON (Originally French Cameroun): Garoua , xii.1954, obtenu de larves trouvees dans les mines des tiges de Riz sauvage, M. Descamps ( NHMUK).

Distribution: Cameroon, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Muscidae
Genus	Atherigona