Atherigona (Acritochaeta) tedderi Deeming, 1979 (1978)

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Deeming, John C., 2020, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, descriptions of two new species, new records and updated list of species, Zootaxa 4869 (1), pp. 1-54 : 31

Atherigona (Acritochaeta) tedderi Deeming, 1979 (1978) ( Fig. 44 )

Atherigona (Acritochaeta) tedderi Deeming, 1979: 33 .

Specimen examined. 1m, Asir, Maraba , cultivation under palms, 24.ii.2013, H.A. Dawah ( NMWC) .

Taxonomic remarks. This species was described from both sexes from Nigeria and has not since been recorded. Since the surstylus of the Maraba specimen differs somewhat in shape and chaetotaxy from that of the holotype ( Deeming, 1979: 32, Fig. 4 ) it is figured here ( Fig. 44 ) in profile. Dike (1990: 301, Fig. 12 )) figured the surstylus of the holotype from beneath, which figure aids understanding of its structure.

Figures

FIGURE. 43–45. Muscidae species habitus: 43) Atherigona (Acritochaeta) orientalis Schiner, 1868, Male; 44) Inner surface of left surstylus (base omitted) of Atherigona (Acritochaeta) tedderi Deeming, 1979 showing the difference in shape and chaetotaxy from that of the holotype; 45) Atherigona (Acritochaeta) yorki Deeming, 1971, Male.

FIGURE. 2–5. Muscidae species habitus: 2) Morellia nilotica (Loew, 1856), Male; 3) Musca (Byomya) biseta Hough, 1898, Male; 4. Musca (Byomya) conducens Walker, 1859, Female; 5. Musca (Byomya) confiscata Speiser, 1924, Male.

FIGURE. 10–13. Muscidae species habitus: 10) Musca (Musca) domestica L., 1758, ssp. domestica, L, Female; 11) Musca (Philaematomyia) crassirostris Stein in Becker, 1903, Female; 12) Neomyia albigena (Stein, 1913), Female; 13) Neomyia nudissima (Loew, 1852).