Atherigona lineata ugandae van Emden, 1940

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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.131744

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C06A15ED-2AF6-4F52-A6D5-BB4567DA3480

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13645960

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/191E9FFC-FBB6-5274-92FE-6A0946F0C01D

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scientific name

Atherigona lineata ugandae van Emden, 1940
status

 

Atherigona lineata ugandae van Emden, 1940 View in CoL

Fig. 9 View Figures 4–11

Atherigona lineata ugandae van Emden, 1940: 137, figs 18, 39. Deeming 1971: 177, figs 134–138; Deeming 2000: 285; Muller 2015: 882, fig. 53. View in CoL

Material examined.

Lesotho • 3 ♂; Mamathes [Masupha], Basutoland; [29 ° 8.000 ' S, 27 ° 51.000 ' E]; 16 May 1948; C. Jacot Guillarmod leg. GoogleMaps

Other material examined.

South Africa • 2 ♂; 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) 05530, 05590) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

Atherigona lineata and its subspecies can be distinguished from other similar species by the combination of an infuscated frontal vitta and palpus, and a bifurcated hypopygial prominence. The subspecies A. lineata lineata , A. lineata torrida , and A. lineata ugandae can be distinguished from one another based on the following: A. lineata lineata and A. lineata torrida have the fore femur infuscated on at least the apical third (the fore femur of A. lineata ugandae is entirely yellow). Additionally, the shape of the lateral lobes of the trifoliate process and the depth of the bifurcation of the hypopygial prominence differs in these two subspecies. A. lineata ugandae has the hood area of the trifoliate process infuscated (hyaline for the other two) and has a much deeper, wider and pronounced bifurcation compared to others (Fig. 9 View Figures 4–11 ).

Distribution.

Angola, Botswana, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho (new record), Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda.

BMSA

National Museum Bloemfontein

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Muscidae

Genus

Atherigona

SubGenus

Atherigona

Loc

Atherigona lineata ugandae van Emden, 1940

Magoai, Mokome M. J. & Muller, Burgert S. 2024
2024
Loc

Atherigona lineata ugandae

Muller BS 2015: 882
Deeming JC 2000: 285
Deeming JC 1971: 177
Van Emden FI 1940: 137
1940