Atherigona (Acritochaeta) yorki ssp. yorki 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 : 529-530

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Atherigona (Acritochaeta) yorki ssp. yorki Deeming, 1971 View in CoL

Fig. 23 View FIGURES 1–23

Atherigona yorki Deeming, 1971: 147 View in CoL , figs 8–12; Deeming & Overman 1987: 117; Pont 1991: 343; Dike 2003: 218 (distribution).

Material examined: 1♂, Katima Mulilo District, Salambala pan, 17°50'00''S, 24°35'58''E, 23–27.xii.2002, A.H. & M.K. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap sample; GoogleMaps 1♂, Opuwa District, Ekuju village : Kunene River, 17°19'30''S, 13°48'56''E, 11–12.x.1999, [ A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs, [T.] Pape & [W.] Hauwanga, Malaise trap, riverine forest ( NMNW) GoogleMaps .

Remarks: Although almost the entire type series was recorded as developing in cereal shoots, this species is predaceous on other soft-bodied larvae.Additional descriptions and notes on the puparia were provided by Skidmore (1985: 295). Overlooked in the original description of the species was the fact that the inner side of the surstylus ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 1–23 , sur) bears a pair of tooth-like spines ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 1–23 , sp).

Distribution: (Afrotropical): Benin *, Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire *, Ethiopia *, Ghana *, Kenya, Namibia *, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda and Yemen; (Palaearctic): Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Spain. 2♂, “R. P. Benin ( Dahomey), Abomey-Calavi, c. 25 km N. of Cotonou, xii.1988, J.S. Noyes”, 1♂, “ Ivory Coast, Lampto, 11– 29.xi.1988, J.S. Noyes”; 1♂, “ Ethiopia, Oromo Prov., Debre Zeit, 1800 m, 21–23.ii.2005, Malaise trap in Pennisetum purpureum, M.R. Wilson ” and 1♂, “ Ghana, Legon, i.1989, M. Cobblah”, deposited in NMWC, represent new country records.

Host-plants: Sorghum , Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench., Pearl millet, Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone (recorded as synonym Pennisetum glaucum L.), Napier grass, Cenchrus purpureus (as Pennisetum purpureum ) and Maize, Zea mays L. (all Poaceae ).

References

Deeming, J. C. (1971) Some species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera, Muscidae) from northern Nigeria, with special reference to those injurious to cereal crops. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 61, 133 - 190.

Deeming, J. C. & Overman, J. L. (1987) A collection of Atherigona Rondani (Dipt., Muscidae) from Kenya and Uganda, with the description of a new species. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 123, 117 - 120.

Dike, M. C. (2003) Distributional patterns of Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae). In: Proceedings of the workshop ' African Diptera - Biogeography & Gondwanaland', 5 th International Congress of Dipterology, Brisbane, Australia, 29 September - 4 October 2002. Cimbebasia, 19, pp. 215 - 221.

Pont, A. C. (1991) A review of the Fanniidae and Muscidae (Diptera) of the Arabian Peninsula. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 12, 312 - 365.

Skidmore, P. (1985) The biology of the Muscidae of the world. Series Entmologica 29. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, xiv + 550 pp.

Figures

FIGURES 1–23. Male terminalia of Atherigona spp. (1–4) A. (s. str.) australis Deeming, sp. nov. 1. Trifoliate process, dorsal view. 2. Same, lateral view. 3. Hypopygial prominence, dorsal view. 4. Same, lateral view. (5–8). A. (s. str.) maraisi Deeming, sp. nov. 5. Trifoliate process, dorsal view. 6. Same, lateral view. 7. Hypopygial prominence, dorsal view. 8. Same, lateral view. (9–12). A. (s. str.) mulleri Deeming, sp. nov. 9. Trifoliate process, dorsal view. 10. Same, lateral view. 11. Hypopygial prominence, dorsal view. 12. Same, lateral view. (13–16). A. (s. str.) jordaensi Magoai & Muller. 13. Trifoliate process, dorsal view. 14. Same, lateral view. 15. Hypopygial prominence, dorsal view. 16. Same, lateral view. (17–20). A. (s. str.) robertsi okavango Deeming, ssp. nov. 17. Trifoliate process, dorsal view. 18. Same, lateral view. 19. Hypopygial prominence, dorsal view. 20. Same, lateral view. (21). A. (s. str.) fumivenosa Deeming, trifoliate process, lateral view. (22). A. (Acritochaeta) tsumeb Deeming, sp. nov., cercal plate, ventral view. (23). Atherigona (Acritochaeta) yorki ssp. yorki Deeming, epandrium and surstyli, left oblique view. All not to scale. Abbreviations: epand—epandrium; sp—spines; sur—surstylus.