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

Atherigona lineata ugandae van Emden, 1940

Fig. 9

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

Material examined.

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

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) .

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 ).

Distribution.

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

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.