Atherigona angustiloba van Emden, 1956

Muller, B. S., 2015, Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae), African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 845-845 : 859-860

Atherigona angustiloba van Emden, 1956

Fig. 30

Atherigona angustiloba van Emden, 1956: 521 , figs 7, 8.

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from others by its infuscated frontal vitta, front half of tibia and basal two tarsal segments. Its palpi is yellow and tergite 5 is immaculate. The hypopygial prominence is knoblike with two posteriorly projecting tubercles at its apex. The trifoliate process is infuscated, with the median piece strongly dilated apically.

Type material examined: Holotype ♂: ‘Urundi [ Burundi]: Bururi, 1800-2000m, 5–12.III.53. (P. BASILEWSKY) ♂ type’ ( MRAC).

Other material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape: 1♂ Grahamstown (plot 5280), Three Chimneys farm, 33°18.542'S 26°29.846'E, 2–13.iii.2008, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( AMGS) ; 1♂ Hogsback, North of Alice , 2–3.xi.1964, B.R. Stuckenberg & P. Stuckenberg ( NMSA) ; 2♂ Plaatbos Forest , 33°57.863'S 23°54.484'E, 300 m, 31.iii–1.iv.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs & S. Otto ( BMSA (D) 05600 & 05602) ; 2♂ Tsitsikamma National Park, below Sleepkloof hut, 33°56.974'S 23°54.926'E, Indigenous forest , 20–22.i.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs & S. Otto, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 03272 & 03273) ; Free State: 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) 12759) ; KwaZulu­Natal: 1♂ Bulwer, Home Rule , [29.82333°S 29.6825°E], 1–2.iii.1986, A.E. Whittington ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Cathedral Peak area , [29°00'04"S 29°16'30"E], Forest & Grassland, 14–18.ix.1982, D. Barraclough & C. Barraclough ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Cathedral Peak area , [29°00'04"S 29°16'30"E], 4–11.iv.1977, J.G.H. Londt, ex. Malaise ( NMSA) ; 2♂ Cathedral Peak, Didima , 28°57.000'S 29°14.395'E, 1422 m, 13–16.xii.2004, M.B. Mostovski ( NMSA) ; 10♂ Giant’s Castle [Game Reserve], 29°15.955'S 29°31.228'E, 1710 m, 8–10.xii.2004, M.B. Mostovski ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Giant’s Castle Game Reserve - Injasuti area , 29°07'08.57"S 29°26'19.60"E, 5–11.xii.1983, J.G.H. Londt ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Karkloof Nature Reserve, 29°18'10"S 30°13'40"E, 1260 m, Mixed Podocarpus Forest Edge, 10.xii.1987, J.G.H. Londt & H. Londt ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Midlands, Howick , 29°29'S 30°13'E, 1060 m, Streamside vegetation, 10.viii.1991, A.E. Whittington ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Royal Natal National Park , 28°41'S 28°56'E, 1440 m, Forest margin, 23–28.iii.1991, J.G.H. Londt, Malaise trap ( NMSA) ; 29♂ 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) 19557, 19737, 19563, 19629, 19564, 19627, 19589, 19784, 19741, 19652, 19549, 19612, 19615, 19574, 19703, 19587, 19687, 19595, 19731, 19773, 19767, 19593, 19743, 19635, 19646, 19752, 19764, 19640, 19793) ; 2♂ Royal Natal National Park, Thendele , 28°42.378'S 28°56.083'E, 1600 m, Protea caffra w/land gully, 15–17.ii.2010, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 19823 & 19826) ; 1♂ Royal Natal National Park, Thendele, 28°42.378'S 28°56.083'E, 1600 m, Afromontane forest fragment, 15–17.ii.2010, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 19840) ; Western Cape: 1♂ Big Tree Forest , 33°55'S 22°40'E, 400 m, Woodville, 9.ix.1993, D. Barraclough & C. Barraclough ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Cape Town , NE of Houtbay, 34°02'S 18°20'E, 3.x.1994, R. Danielsson ( MZLU) .

Distribution: Burundi, South Africa.

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.