Atherigona secrecauda Séguy, 1938

Muller, B. S., 2015, Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae), African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 845-845 : 897-898

Atherigona secrecauda Séguy, 1938

Fig. 50

Atherigona secrecauda Séguy, 1938: 372 ; Deeming 1971: 155, figs 39–41; Deeming 1979: 38, figs 16–18; Deeming 1981: 104, figs 14, 15.

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from others by the winglike projections of the hood and the bilobate hypopygial prominence that which appears like two fused triangles when viewed dorsally.

Type material examined: Lectotype ♂: KENYA: ‘ Elgon Saw mill, Mt. Elgon Ver’ Est (Camp II) 2.470m Museum De Paris, Mission de l’Omo, C. Arambourg, P.A. Chappuis & R. Jeannel, Atherigona secrecauda Séguy, E. Seguy det. 1935’ ( MNHM).

Other material examined: ETHIOPIA: 2♂ 1♀ Alemaya , vii-viii.1986, T. Mesfin ( NMSA) (Previously NMW.Z.1986–118) . MOZAMBIQUE: 2♂ Lourenço Marques [Maputo], 11.ii.1953, Paterson ( NHMUK) . SOUTH AFRICA: Free State: 4♂ Harrismith, Mooihoekkop, 28°18'50.0"S 29°10'51.1"E, 1800 m, Leucosedes [ Leucosidea ] dominated scrub, 14–16.ix.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 09860, 10250, 09849, 10252) ; 1♂ Harrismith, Scotland farm, 27°58'59.5"S 29°37'09.8"E, dense Leucosedea [ Leucosidea ] dominated scrub, 10–12.xi.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 12780); KwaZulu­Natal : 1♂ Cathedral Peak N.R., Didima , 28°57.4'S 29°14.4'E, 1420 m, 12–16.xii.2005, M.B. Mostovski ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Cathedral Peak, Didima , 28°57.000'S 29°14.395'E, 1422 m, 13–16.xii.2004, M.B. Mostovski ( NMSA) ; 1♂ 1.5 km NW Lidgetton, ca. Cavasham Falls , 2.xii.1979, R.M. Miller & P. Stabbins ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Kosi Bay - Lakeside, Papyrus Swamp Malaise , 16–19.iii.1982, D.A. Barraclough ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Ozabeni-Manzimbomvu Section , Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, 27–28.v.2006, G.B.P. Davies ( NMSA) ; ♂ Richards Bay , 28°46'S 32°04'E, 24.x.1994, R. Danielsson ( MZLU) ; 4♂ Royal Natal National Park, Thendele, 28°42.378'S 28°56.083'E, 1600 m, Leucosedes [ Leucosidea ] dominated scrub, 15–17.ii.2010, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 19780, 19577, 19552, 19747) ; 1♂ Tugela River , N Gobevu, 25 mi. N Greytown, 29.iii.1954 ( NHMUK) ; Limpopo: 1♂ Mogoto [Private] Nature Reserve , 24°15'S 29°13'E, 22–25.x.1979, C.D. Eardley, Malaise trap ( SANC) .

Distribution: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique (new), Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Figures

Figs 46–54. Atherigona spp.: trifoliate process and hypopygial prominence of (46) A. chrysohypene sp. n.; (47) A. tritici Pont & Deeming; (48) A. londti sp. n.; (49) A. hyalinipennis van Emden; (50) A. secrecauda Séguy; (51) A. lineata lineata (Adams); (52) A. lineata torrida Deeming; (53) A. lineata ugandae van Emden; (54) A. soccata Rondani. Not to scale.