Atherigona perfida Stein, 1913

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Atherigona perfida Stein, 1913

Fig. 34

Atherigona perfida Stein, 1913: 533 ; van Emden 1940: 126, figs 26. 57; van Emden 1956: 520; Deeming 1971: 155, figs 166, 167; Deeming 1979: 44, figs 30–34.

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from other species with a tridentate hypopygial prominence through the combination of entirely yellow forelegs and having the frontal vitta infuscated.

Type material examined: Paralectotype ♂: ETHIOPIA: Dire Daua, 19.xi.1911, Abyssinia, Kovaca, Brit Mus. 1949-630., det. P. Stein ( ZMHB) .

Other material examined: BOTSWANA: 1♂ Tsessebe, Bechuanaland , i.1956, F. Zumpt ( NHMUK) . MALAWI: 2♂ Zomba Plateau, Chinwe’s Hole, Forest Patch , 12–13.iii.1987, J.G.H. Londt & A. Londt, Malaise trap ( NMSA) . SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape: 1♂ Ingeli Forest, Kokstad Dist. Griqualand East, 17.x.1959, B.R. Stuckenberg & P. Stuckenberg ( NMSA) ; Gauteng: 1♂ Johannesburg , 27.iii.1949, F. Zumpt ( NHMUK) ; KwaZulu­Natal: 2♂ Cathedral Peak area, Forest & Grassland , 14–18.ix.1982, D. Barraclough & C. Barraclough ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Cathedral Peak Edu. Camp , 11–12.ix.2004, M.B. Mostovski, Yellow pan traps ( NMSA) ; 3♂ Cathedral Peak N.R., Didima , 28°57.4'S 29°14.4'E, 1420 m, 12–16.xii.2005, M.B. Mostovski ( NMSA) ; 7♂ Cathedral Peak, Didima , 28°57.000'S 29°14.395'E, 1422 m, 13–16.xii.2004, M.B. Mostovski ( NMSA) ; 3♂ Cathedral Peak, Didima , 28°57.000'S 29°14.395'E, 1422 m, 14–16.xii.2005, M.B. Mostovski ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Cedara College , 8.viii.1976, R.M. Miller ( SANC) ; 1♂ Drakensberg Garden Caravan Park, 29°45'S 29°15'E, ca. 1750 m, On Cassine flowers, 6–11.i.1988, J.G.H. Londt ( NMSA) ; 2♂ Giant’s Castle , 29°15.955'S 29°31.228'E, 1710 m, 8–10.xii.2004, M.B. Mostovski ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Injasuti Nature Reserve , 29°12'S 29°11'E, 1500 m, 25.iii.1994, J.G.H. Londt ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Karkloof , 8.i.1957, B.R. Stuckenberg & P. Stuckenberg ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Lions Bush, Nottingham , 9.xiii.1954, B.R. Stuckenberg ( NMSA) ; 3♂ Louwsberg, iGwala Gwala , 27°34'S 31°17.9'E, 1090 m, 2–3.vi.2005, M.B. Mostovski, YPT [yellow pan trap] ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Midlands, Howick, 29°29'S 30°13'E, 1060 m, Streamside vegetation, 10.viii.1991, A.E. Whittington ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Newcastle , xii.1952 ( NHMUK) ; 1♂ Pongola Bush Nature Reserve, 27°21'S 30°26'E, Indigenous forest , 18.i.1995, B.R. Stuckenberg ( NMSA) ; 2♂ Royal Natal Nat. Res [National Park], 28°41.4'S 28°56.3'E, 1420 m, 8–12.xii.2005, M.B. Mostovski, Sweeping ( NMSA) ; 7♂ Royal Natal National Park , 28°41.362'S 28°56.327'E, 1425 m, stream, y-wood, 10–13.xii.2004, M.B. Mostovski, Malaise trap ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Royal Natal National Park , 1500 m, 13.ix.1963, B.R. Stuckenberg & P. Stuckenberg ( NMSA) ; 10♂ 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) 19754, 19714, 19832, 19724, 19725, 19722, 19709, 19765, 19594, 19726) ; 1♂ Royal Natal National Park, Tugela Valley , 5.iv.1951, Brinck & Rudebeck, insect trap ( MZLU) ; Limpopo: 1♂ Nylsvley [Nature] Reserve, Naboomspruit , 28.iii.1979, P. Ferrar ( NHMUK) .

Distribution: Botswana (new), Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi (new), Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa (new), Uganda.

Figures

Figs 28–36. Atherigona spp.: trifoliate process and hypopygial prominence of (28) A. oblonga sp. n.; (29) A. libertensis sp. n.; (30) A. angustiloba van Emden; (31) A. albicornis sp. n.; (32) A. occidentalis Deeming; (33) A. kirkspriggsi sp. n.; (34) A. perfida Stein; (35) A. chirinda Dike; (36) A. cinarina Séguy. Not to scale.