Atherigona laevigata ( Loew, 1852 )

Muller, B. S., 2015, Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae), African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 845-845 : 877-878

Atherigona laevigata ( Loew, 1852)

Fig. 7

Coenosia laevigata Loew, 1852: 660 [1862: 28].

Atherigona laevigata: van Emden 1940: 113 , figs 6, 56; Deeming 1971: 148, figs 13–18.

Atherigona scutellaris Stein , in Becker 1903: 110.

Atherigona minuta Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911: 183 .

Diagnosis: This species can easily be recognised by it glossy frontal plate and halfyellow, half-infuscated frontal vitta in combination with its knoblike hypopygial prominence.

Type material examined: Syntypes: MOZAMBIQUE: 1♂ 2♀ ‘ Ost Afrika , Inhambana, Peters S’ ( ZMHB) . Other material examined: KENYA: Baringo: 9♂ Lake Bogoria Nature Reserve, Fig Tree camp site, 00°11’N 36°08'E, 1100 m, 21.xi.1992, J.G.H. Londt & A.E. Whittington, South end of reserve ( NMSA) ; Nairobi : 3♂ 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) . 1♂ N. NIGERIA [ NIGERIA]: Zaria, Samaru, Cynodon dacylon collected 22.xi.1972, 4.xii.1972, J.C. Deeming, ex. Shoot ( NMSA) . NAMIBIA: 1♂ Swakopmund, 26–30.i.1972, southern African Expedition , Swept vegetation around sewage farm settling tanks ( NHMUK) ; 2♂ Warmbad , [-28.448034 18.734433], Koakoveld, ii.1925, SAMC Expedition (SAM-DIP A013851) ; 5♂ Warmbad , [-28.448034 18.734433], Koakoveld, ii.1925, SAMC Expedition (SAM-DIP A013850) ; 4♂ Zesfontein , ii.1925, SAMC Expedition (SAM-DIP A013846). SAUDI ARABIA : 1♀ Abha, Madenate Ameer Sultan , 25.ii–25.v.2002, H.A. Dawah ( NMSA) . SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape: 3♂ 3 km E Grahamstown, Belmont Valley , 2& 5.i.1986, J.G.H. Londt & B. Londt, Malaise trap ( NMSA) ; 1♂ 35 km SE of Maclear, 31°12'S 28°36'E, 1400 m, Grass slopes & ravine, 3.ii.1992, Natal Museum Expedition ( NMSA) ; 1♂ 8 km NW. Addo , 3–4.xi.1978, J.G.H. Londt & R.M. Miller ( NMSA) ; 6♂ Grahamstown (plot 5280), Three Chimneys farm, 33°18.542'S 26°29.846'E, 2–13.iii.2008, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( AMGS) ; 2♂ Grahamstown, Albany Museum grounds, 33°18.822'S 26°31.315'E, 15–23.x.2007, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( AMGS) ; 1♂ Hluleka Nature Reserve , 21–25.vii.1981, R.F. Fregona ( NMSA) ; 3♂ Hogsback , 32°35.7'S 26°56.172'E, 850 m, 28.xii.2004, M.B. Mostovski ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Hogsback area, Forest margins, 18–19.i.1984, D. Barraclough & C. Barraclough ( NMSA) ; 3♂ Pirie Dam , ii. 1944, J. Omer Cooper ( NHMUK) ; 1♂ Port St. Johns , 10–22.ii.1955, A.J.T. Janse ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Wilderness National Park, 33°59'S 22°66'E, c 100 m, Forest margins, 7.ix.1993, D. Barraclough & C. Barraclough ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Xuka River , 10 km E Engcobo, river bank, 26.x.1978, J.G.H. Londt & R.M. Miller ( NMSA) ; Free State: 3♂ Brandfort, Florisbad Research Station , 28°46.039'S 26°04.234'E, Acacia Savanna , 4–6.iv.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 05524, 05529, 05535) ; 2♂ Brandfort, Soetdoring Nature Reserve, Kruger’s Drift , 28°51.303'S 26°02.302'E, Acacia Savanna , 5–6.iv.2009, A.H. & M.K. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 05469, 05472) ; Gauteng: Pretoria, Emerged from jar with army worm, Parasite ?, 22.iv.1919 ( SANC DIPT01491 ) ; KwaZulu­Natal: 1♂ 15.5 km N. Vryheid, 29.xi.1976, R.M. Miller, Old quarry ( NMSA) ; 5♂ 17 km NE Empangeni, Nseleni River , 28°42'S 32°01'E, 24.x.1994, R. Danielsson ( MZLU) ; 1♂ Botanical Gardens Durban , 16.x.1920, C.P. van der Merwe (SAM-DIP A013849) ; 1♂ Croc Valley Nature Reserve, nr. Sheffield Beach, 29°28'37"S 31°15'04"E, 60 m, In patch of swamp forest, 12.vi.2001, J.G.H. Londt ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Dukuduku between St. Lucia & Matubatuba, Zululand , 7–8. iv.1960, B.R. Stuckenberg & P. Stuckenberg ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Durban , 6.ix.1960 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂ Giant’s Castle [Nature] Reserve, Drakensberg Mts. , 18.x.1971, B.R. Stuckenberg & M.E. Irwin ( NMSA) ; 3♂ Ladysmith , xii.1952 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂ Lynnfield Park , 13 km SE Pietermaritzburg, 29°41'S 30°29'E, Acacia thornveld area, 31.iii.1989, A.E. Whittington ( NMSA) ; 1♂ 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) 19476) ; 1♂ Ndumo Game Reserve, Shokwe area, 26°52.125'S 32°13.731'E, Ficus forest , 30.xi–4.xii.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 15826) ; 3♂ Ndumu [Ndumo] Game Reserve, Camp & Riverine bush, 4–9.x.1982, J.G.H. Londt ( NMSA) ; 1♂ New Hanover , 29.xi.1914, C.B. Hardenberg ( SANC) ; 2♂ Port Edward , 31°03'S 30°13'E, 8.vi.1997, K.R. Cradock, Malaise trap ( NMSA) ; 16♂ Richards Bay , 28°46'S 32°04'E, 24.x.1994, R. Danielsson ( MZLU) ; 1♂ Royal Natal National Park , 7–11.iv.1951, Brinck & Rudebeck, insect trap ( MZLU) ; 1♂ St. Martin’s-on-the-Shore, 5.vi.1976, R.M. Miller ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Ukulinga Research Farm, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 29°40'S 30°24'E, 12.iii.2009, R.M. Miller ( NMSA) ; Limpopo: 2♂ Louis Trichardt [Makhado], i–ii.1928, R.F. Lawrence (SAM-DIP A013858) ; 1♂ Plat River, Waterberg distr. , C.J. Swierstra ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Mpumalanga: 7 km N Hazyview, Sabie River , 6.xii.1976, R.M. Miller ( NMSA) ; Western Cape: 1♂ 3 km E Kaap Agulhas , 34°49'S 20°01'E, 12.x.1994, R. Danielsson ( MZLU) ; 1♂ De Hoop Nature Reserve , 34°27'S 20°25'E, 0–200 m, 10–13.x.1994, R. Danielsson ( MZLU) ; 1♂ Knysna C.C., x.1916, L. Peringuey (SAM-DIP A013857); 4♂ Malgas , 34°20'S 20°30'E, 40 m, 11–13.x.1994, R. Danielsson ( MZLU) . ZIMBABWE: 2♂ N. Vumba , S. Rhodesia 22.vi.1964, D. Cookson ( NMSA) .

Distribution: Angola, Comores, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe (new).

Figures

Figs 1–9. Atherigona spp.: trifoliate process and hypopygial prominence of (1) A. divergens Stein; (2) A. tetrastigma Paterson; (3) A. parviclivis sp. n.; (4) A. parvihumilata sp. n.; (5) A. angulata Deeming; (6) A. pulla (Wiedemann); (7) A. laevigata (Loew); (8) A. bimaculata Stein; (9) A. univitatta Deeming & Overman. Not to scale.