Atherigona gilvifolia van Emden, 1940

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Atherigona gilvifolia van Emden, 1940

Fig. 65

Atherigona gilvifolia van Emden, 1940: 125 , figs 28, 52; Deeming 1971: 168, figs 96–100; Deeming 1979: 44; Deeming 1987: 19.

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from others with yellow palpi and infuscated frontal vitta by its very striking trifoliate process which is hyaline except for the extreme apex of the median piece.

Type material examined: Holotype ♂: NIGERIA: Ibadan , 19.x.1935 ( NHMUK).

Other material examined: KENYA: 1♂ Rift Valley , Ol Arabe Gorge, 11.xi.1988, R.K. Butlin ( NMSA) (Previously NMW.Z.1988–167) ; 1♂ Nairobi : Karura State Forest, 5 km NE of Nairobi, 01°15'S 36°53'E, 1700 m, 19.xi.1992, J.G.H. Londt & A.E.Whittington, Indigenous forest /edges ( NMSA) .SOUTHAFRICA: KwaZulu­Natal: 1♂ Durban Treasure Beach , 29°56'26"S 30°59'48"E, Grassland & scrub, 04.vii.1990, Natal Museum Ent. Dept. ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Ndumo Game Reserve , main road, 26°54.288'S 32°17.974'E, Sand and broad-leafed deciduous forest, 4–8.xii.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 18219) ; 1♂ Pietermaritzburg , Blackridge area, Grass on road margin, 20.iv.1982, D.A. Barraclough ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Port Edward , 31°03'S 30°13'E, 9.iv.1997, K.R. Cradock, Malaise trap ( NMSA) . SWAZILAND: 1♂ 13 km N of Ngogolo, Panata Ranch , 26°19'S 31°38'E, 300 m, Bushveld, 22–24.iv.1991, J.G.H. Londt & L. Schoeman ( NMSA) .

Distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa (new), Swaziland (new), Tanzania, Uganda.

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.