Atherigona (Atherigona) lineata (Adams) ssp. torrida 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 : 515

Atherigona (Atherigona) lineata (Adams) ssp. torrida Deeming 1971

Coenosia lineata Adams, 1905: 208 .

Atherigona torrida Deeming, 1971: 180 , figs 153, 154 (as species); Deeming 1979: 47; Muller 2015: 881, fig. 52; Muller & Mostovski 2018: 350, fig. 31.

Atherigona lineata torrida Dike 1989a (form): 565; Muller 2015: 881 (afforded subspecific status).

Material examined: 1♂, Mukwe District . Divuju: Okavango River, 18°04'04''S, 21°28'51''E, 01.i.1999, [ A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs, [E.] Marais & [D.J.] Mann, Malaise trap & sweeping ; 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 ; 4♂, Rundu District, Simanya : Okavango River, 17°33'17''S, 18°32'30''E, 23–24.i.1998, [ A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs & [E.] Marais, Malaise trap, primary woodland (all NMNW) .

Distribution: (Afrotropical): Kenya, Mali, Namibia *, Nigeria and South Africa.