Atherigona soccata Rondani, 1871

Muller, B. S., 2015, Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae), African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 845-845 : 898

Atherigona soccata Rondani, 1871

Fig. 54

Atherigona soccata Rondani, 1871: 332 ; Deeming 1987: 18.

Atherigona indica Malloch, 1923: 193 .

Atherigona varia Meigen, 1826 (misident.).

Atherigona indica infuscata van Emden, 1940: 123 , fig. 19.

Atherigona varia (Meigen) var. soccata: Deeming 1971: 165 , figs 85–91.

Diagnosis: This species has a very characteristically shaped hypopygial prominence, that is very widely bifurcated. The aforementioned in combination with yellow palpi and an infuscated frontal vitta makes the species distinguishable from other similarly coloured species.

Type material: Holotype housed in Museo Zoologico La Specola ( MZLSF), but not seen.

Other material examined: SOUTH AFRICA : KwaZulu­Natal: 1♂ Ndumo Game Reserve, Shokwe area, 26°52.125'S 32°13.731'E, Ficus forest , 30.xi–4.xii.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 16489); Mpumalanga: 1♂ Kiepersol, Burgers Hall, Exper [Experimental]. Stn. [Station], xii.1996 – i.1997, T. Sherwill ( NMSA) .

Distribution: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Reúnion, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda.

Figures

Figs 46–54. Atherigona spp.: trifoliate process and hypopygial prominence of (46) A. chrysohypene sp. n.; (47) A. tritici Pont & Deeming; (48) A. londti sp. n.; (49) A. hyalinipennis van Emden; (50) A. secrecauda Séguy; (51) A. lineata lineata (Adams); (52) A. lineata torrida Deeming; (53) A. lineata ugandae van Emden; (54) A. soccata Rondani. Not to scale.