Atherigona trapezia van Emden, 1940

Muller, B. S., 2015, Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae), African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 845-845 : 902

Atherigona trapezia van Emden, 1940

Fig. 66

Atherigona trapezia van Emden, 1940: 135 , figs 4, 30, 48; Deeming 1971: 171, figs 108–110; Deeming 1987: 20.

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from others that also have Tergite 1+2 broadly infuscated by its wholly infuscated trifoliate process which is without inner lobes. The hypopygial prominence is stalked with lateral lobes.

Type material examined: Holotype ♂: UGANDA: Kigezi Dist. 18.xi.1934. B.M.E. Afr. Exp. B.M. 1935- 203, Mabungo Camp, 6000ft [1829 m], J. Ford ( NHMUK).

Other material examined: ETHIOPIA: 1♂ Alemaya , ix.1992, S. Gudeta ( NMSA) . SOUTH AFRICA : KwaZulu­Natal: 1♂ Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve , near Umzinto, 30°16'S 30°36'E, 2–7.xi.2008, G.B.P. Davies, Sweep net ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Dhlinza Forest , Eshowe, Zululand, 5–6.iv.1960, B.R. Stuckenberg & P. Stuckenberg ( NMSA) .

Distribution: Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Figures

Figs 64–68. Atherigona spp.: trifoliate process and hypopygial prominence of (64) A. matilei Deeming; (65) A. gilvifolia van Emden; (66) A. trapezia van Emden; (67) A.valida (Adams); (68) A.zulu sp. n. Not to scale.