Atherigona laevigata ( Loew, 1852 )

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 laevigata ( Loew, 1852)

Fig. 8

Coenosia laevigata Loew, 1852: 660.

Atherigona laevigata : Van Emden 1940: 113, figs 6, 56; Deeming 1971: 148, figs 13–18; Pont 1991: 341; Muller 2015: 877, fig. 7, Muller and Mostovski 2018: 350, fig. 6, Deeming 2022: 127.

Atherigona scutellaris Stein in Becker 1903: 110.

Atherigona minuta Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911: 183.

Material examined.

Lesotho • 1 ♂; Mamathes [Masupha], Basutoland; [29 ° 8.000 ' S, 27 ° 51.000 ' E]; 16 May 1948; C. Jacot Guillarmod leg.

Other material examined.

South Africa • 1 ♂; 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) 05529 • 1 ♂; KwaZulu-Natal, Ndumo Game Reserve, Shokwe area at : 26 ° 52.125 ' S, 32 ° 13.731 ' E; 30 Nov. – 4 Dec. 2009; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; Malaise traps, Ficus forest; BMSA (D) 15826 .

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished from other Afrotropical species by its glossy frontal plate and infuscated frontal vitta with apical third yellow in combination with a knoblike hypopygial prominence (Fig. 8 ).

Distribution.

AFROTROPICAL – Angola, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho (new record), Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. PALAEARCTIC – Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen.

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.