Atherigona (Atherigona) hyalinipennis Emden, 1959

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 : 512

Atherigona (Atherigona) hyalinipennis Emden, 1959

Atherigona hyalinipennis : Emden 1958: 7, nomen nudum.

Atherigona hyalinipennis Emden, 1959: 193 ; Deeming 1971: 160, figs 67–69; Deeming & Overman 1987: 117; Pont 1991: 340; Dike 2003: 220 (distribution); Deeming 2008: 717; Muller 2015: 875, fig. 49; Deeming (2019a).

Previous record: Brandberg : Hungorob Valley, 21°11.40'S, 14°31.69'E ( Deeming 2000: 284) .

Material examined: 1♂, Kaokoland, Ondorusu , 17°25'S, 13°57'E, 18.i.1993, E. Marais ; 1♀, Rundu District, Katara : Okavango River, 17°48'56''S, 18°53'38''E, 20–23.i.1998, [ A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs & [E.] Marais, Malaise trap ; 1♂, Katima Mulilo District, Salambala forest , 17°50'02''S, 24°36'20''E, 23–29.xii.2002, A . H. & M.K. Kirk-Spriggs , Malaise trap (all NMNW) .

Remarks: The biology of this pest species is dealt with in detail by Deeming (2019a).

Distribution: (Afrotropical): Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe; (Palaearctic): Saudi Arabia.

Host-plants: Rhodes grass, Chloris gayana Kunth, Pigeon grass, Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult and Teff , Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter (all Poaceae ).

Parasitoid: Neotrichoporoides szelenyii (Erdös) ( Eulophidae ).