Atherigona humeralis ( Wiedemann, 1830 )

Muller, B. S., 2015, Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae), African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 845-845 : 874-875

Atherigona humeralis ( Wiedemann, 1830)

Fig. 21

Coenosia humeralis Wiedemann, 1830: 441 .

Atherigona humeralis: Deeming 1971: 157 , figs 49–53.

Atherigona ferruginea van Emden, 1940: 116 , fig. 14; Deeming 1971: 153, fig. 33; Deeming 1979: 36; Deeming 1987: 18.

Diagnosis: This species is very similar to A. bedfordi but differs from it in having an infuscated postpedicel and having the fore legs infuscated to some degree. The trifoliate process has the median piece club-shaped apically, but not greatly expanded laterally. The hypopygial prominence is truncated with anteriorly projecting tubercles. Type material examined: Paralectotype ♂ ‘Nubien’ (ZMHB).

Type not examined: Holotype female housed in SMF (Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfort).

Other material examined: ETHIOPIA: 1♂ Alemaya , vii–viii.1986, T. Mesfin ( NMSA) (Previously NMW.Z.1986–118) . SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape: 1♂ Grahamstown, Albany Museum grounds, 33°18.822'S 26°31.315'E, 15–23.x.2007, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( AMGS) ; 1♂ Jeffrey’s Bay, Humansdorp area , 3.xii.1967, B.R. Stuckenberg & P. Stuckenberg ( NMSA) ; 2♂ Ottersford Forestry Reserve, Hankey area , 1–10.xii.1967, B.R. Stuckenberg & P. Stuckenberg ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Port St. Johns , 20–25.xi.1961, B.R. Stuckenberg & P. Stuckenberg ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Storms River Pass, Tsitsikama area , 8.xii.1967, B.R. Stuckenberg & P. Stuckenberg ( NMSA) ; Free State: 1♂ Brandfort, Florisbad Research Station , 28°46.039'S 26°04.234'E, Acacia Savanna , 4–6.iv.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 05540); Limpopo : 1♂ Louis Trichardt [Makhado], i–ii.1928, R.F. Lawrence (SAM-DIP A013859); Western Cape : 1♂ Wilderness National Park , 17 km SE George, 33°59'S 22°39'E, 14.x.1994, R. Danielsson ( MZLU) .

Distribution: Cape Verde, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia (new), Madagascar, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa (new), Sudan, Uganda.

Figures

Figs 19–27. Atherigona spp.: trifoliate process and hypopygial prominence of (19) A. marginifolia van Emden; (20) A. erectisetula sp. n.; (21) A. humeralis (Wiedemann); (22) A. bundongoana van Emden; (23) A. falcata (Thomson); (24) A. ndumoensis sp. n.; (25) A. decempilosa Dike; (26) A. binubila van Emden; (27) A. piscatoris sp. n. Not to scale.