Atherigona (Atherigona) longifolia Emden, 1940

Deeming, John C. & Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H., 2024, A contribution to the knowledge of Namibian Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae), with the descriptions of four new species and two new subspecies, Zootaxa 5536 (4), pp. 501-535 : 516

Atherigona (Atherigona) longifolia Emden, 1940

Atherigona longifolia Emden, 1940: 130 , figs 25, 32; Deeming 1971: 171, figs 111–113; Deeming & Overman 1987: 118; Dike 2003: 220 (distribution); Muller 2015: 883, fig. 11; Muller & Mostovski 2018: 353, fig. 16; Deeming 2019a: 108.

Material examined: 19♀, Katima Mulilo District, Salambala , 4 km NE of, 17°49'21''S, 24°36'07''E, 25.ii–01.iii.2001, A .H. Kirk-Spriggs & E. Marais, Malaise trap sample; 5♂, Katima Mulilo District, Salambala pan, 17°50'00''S, 24°35'58''E, 01–04.iii.2001, A .H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap sample; 1♂, Khorixas District, Amkarub 269, granite hills at: 19°49'17''S, 14°39'53''E, 24–26.v.2001, A .H. Kirk-Spriggs & E. Marais, Malaise traps; 1♂, Rundu District, Rundu (Kavango Lodge ), 17°54'43''S, 19°45'33''E, 27–29.iii.2003, A .H. Kirk-Spriggs & W. Mey, light trap; 1♂, Rundu District, Simanya : Okavango River, 17°33'17''S, 18°32'30''E, 23–24.i.1998, [ A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs & [E.] Marais, Malaise trap, primary woodland ; 2♂, West Caprivi Park, Buffalo Base , 18°08'S, 21°41'E, 03–05.iv.1990, E. Marais (all NMNW) .

Distribution: (Afrotropical): Benin, Kenya, Mali, Namibia *, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda; (Palaearctic): Saudi Arabia.

Host-plants: Rhytachne rottboellioides Desv. ex Ham. and Teff , Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter (both Poaceae ).