Atherigona pulla ( Wiedemann, 1830 )

Muller, B. S., 2015, Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae), African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 845-845 : 895

Atherigona pulla ( Wiedemann, 1830)

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Coenosia pulla Wiedemann, 1830: 441 .

Orthostylum rufipes Macquart, 1851 a: 245 (1851 b: 272) .

Atherigona destructor Malloch, 1923: 185 .

Atherigona pulla: Pont 1972: 51 , fig. 14 (synonymised with A. destructor ); Deeming 1979: 39.

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from most other species in having yellow vibrissae, compared to the more common infusted state in others. It can be distinguished from A. angulata due to the shape of the trifoliate process. It can further be distinguished from A. chrysohypene by the shape of the hypopygial prominence which is knoblike and emarginate compared to the latter’s being bilobate.

Type material: Paralectotype ♀ housed in Natural History Museum of Denmark ( ZMUC), but not seen .

Other material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: Free State: 1♂ Brandfort, Florisbad Research Station , 28°46.039'S 26°04.234'E, Acacia Savanna , 4–6.iv.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 05525) ; Western Cape: 1♂ Clanwilliam 32 km NE Clanwilliam, Brandewyn R. [River], 2–3.x.1997, R.M. Miller ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Kroonplanskloof , 10 km S Citrusdal, 32°40'S 19°01'E, 200–270 m, 4–8.x.1994, R. Danielsson ( MZLU) .

Distribution: Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Figures

Figs 1–9. Atherigona spp.: trifoliate process and hypopygial prominence of (1) A. divergens Stein; (2) A. tetrastigma Paterson; (3) A. parviclivis sp. n.; (4) A. parvihumilata sp. n.; (5) A. angulata Deeming; (6) A. pulla (Wiedemann); (7) A. laevigata (Loew); (8) A. bimaculata Stein; (9) A. univitatta Deeming & Overman. Not to scale.