Atherigona (Atherigona) mirabilis ssp. mirabilis Deeming, 1971

Deeming, John C. & Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H., 2024, A contribution to the knowledge of Namibian Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae), with the descriptions of four new species and two new subspecies, Zootaxa 5536 (4), pp. 501-535 : 518

Atherigona (Atherigona) mirabilis ssp. mirabilis Deeming, 1971

Atherigona mirabilis Deeming, 1971: 152 , figs 26–28; Deeming 1979: 36, fig. 10; Dike 2003: 220 (distribution); Muller & Mostovski 2018: 352, fig. 13.

Material examined: 2♂, Opuwa District, Ekuju village : Kunene River, 17°19'30''S, 13°48'56''E, 11–12.x.1999, [ A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs, [T.] Pape & [W.] Hauwanga, Malaise traps, riverine forest (both NMNW) ; 1♂, Opuwa District, Epupa , 35 km E: Kunene River, 17°03'37''S, 13°29'32''E, 09–11.x.1999, [ A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs, [T.] Pape & [W.] Hauwanga, Malaise trap, shaded woodland ( NMWC) ; 1♂, Skeleton Coast Park, Kunene River Mouth , 17°15.97'S, 11°46.83'E, 10.ii.1999, E. Marais, Malaise trap sample ( NMNW) .

Remarks: The specimens from Ekuju village (cited above) exhibits some variation in the structure of the trifoliate process.

Distribution: (Afrotropical): Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Namibia *, Nigeria and Uganda.