Atherigona (Atherigona) ponti Deeming, 1971

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 : 523

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14239853
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scientific name	Atherigona (Atherigona) ponti Deeming, 1971
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Atherigona (Atherigona) ponti Deeming, 1971 View in CoL

Atherigona ponti Deeming, 1971: 153 View in CoL , figs 34–38; Deeming & Overman 1987: 118; Pont 1991: 342; Dike 2003: 221 (distribution); Muller & Mostovski 2018: 353, fig. 28.

Material examined: 1♂, Rundu District, Rundu (Kavango Lodge ), 17°54'43''S, 19°45'33''E, 27–29.iii.2003, A GoogleMaps . H. Kirk-Spriggs & W. Mey, light trap ( NMNW) .

Distribution: (Afrotropical): Mali, Namibia *, Nigeria, Senegal, Oman and Uganda; (Oriental): India.

Host-plants: Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone (recorded as Pennisetum americanum ).

Parasitoids: Aprostocetus Westwood sp. and Melittobia Westwood sp. ( Hymenoptera : Eulophidae ).