Atherigona rubricornis Stein, 1913

Magoai, Mokome M. J. & Muller, Burgert S., 2024, The first record of Atherigona from Lesotho (Diptera, Muscidae), with description of a new species, African Invertebrates 65 (2), pp. 49-60 : 49-60

Atherigona rubricornis Stein, 1913

Fig. 11 a – e

Atherigona rubricornis Stein, 1913: 531; van Emden 1940: 101, figs. 15, 51; Deeming 1971: 157, figs 47, 48 ( A. tritici Pont & Deeming figured); Deeming 1979: 39, figs 19 (female tergite 8); Pont and Deeming 2001: 298, figs 1–4; Muller 2015: 897, fig. 38.

Material examined.

Lesotho • 1 ♂; Mamathes [Masupha], Basutoland; [29 ° 8.000 ' S, 27 ° 51.000 ' E]; 30 Apr. 1949; C. Jacot Guillarmod leg. • 1 ♂; Mamathes [Masupha], Basutoland; [29 ° 8.000 ' S, 27 ° 51.000 ' E]; 10 Jun. 1948; C. Jacot Guillarmod leg.

Other material examined.

South Africa • 1 ♂; Free State, Brandfort, Florisbad Research Station ; 28 ° 46.039 ' S, 26 ° 04.234 ' E; 4–6 Apr. 2009; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; Malaise traps, Acacia, Savanna; BMSA (D) 05581 • 1 ♂; KwaZulu-Natal, Royal Natal National Park, Thendele ; 28 ° 42.378 ' S, 28 ° 56.083 ' E; 15–17. ii. 2010; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; Malaise traps, Leucosedea - dominated scrub; BMSA (D) 19723 .

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to A. tritici (which was previously regarded as a form of A. rubricornis ), but A. tritici differs from it by having a median piece with a dilated apical appearance in profile. Atherigona rubricornis can be distinguished from other species by its partially yellow frontal vitta and the trifoliate process with median piece linear in posterior view (Fig. 11 ).

Distribution.

Botswana, Chad, Kenya, Lesotho (new record), Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Figures

Figures 4–11. Trifoliate process and hypopygial prominence of 4 A. angulata 5 A. chrysohypene 6 A. jordaensi sp. nov. 7 A. kirkspriggsi 8 A. laevigata 9 A. lineata ugandae 10 A. londti 11 A. rubricornis. Trifoliate process: a posterior view b in profile. Hypopygial prominence c dorsal view d posterior view e in profile.