Atherigona theodori Hennig, 1963

Muller, B. S., 2015, Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae), African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 845-845 : 900

Atherigona theodori Hennig, 1963

Fig. 44

Atherigona theodori Hennig, 1963: 2 ; Deeming 1981: 102, fig. 8 (female tergite 8).

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from others with the occiput and frontal plate glossy by its frontal vitta being yellow on more than its anterior half, Tergite 3 immaculate and the trifoliate process entirely infuscate on a short stem and the hypopygial prominence bifurcate.

Type material examined: Holotype ♂: [ EGYPT]: ‘ Kairo (XI. 44 229)’ ( ZMHB).

Other material examined: NAMIBIA: 2♂ Nr. Onseepkans, Orange River banks, 8–10.i.1972, Southern African Expedition , general sweeping ( NHMUK) ; 7♂ Swakopmund, 26–30.i.1972, southern African Expedition , general sweeping ( NHMUK) ; 2♂ Swakopmund, 26–30.i.1972, southern African Expedition , Swept vegetation around sewage farm settling tanks ( NHMUK) . SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape: 1♂ 3 km E Grahamstown, Belmont Valley, 2& 5.i.1986, J.G.H. Londt & B. Londt, Malaise trap ( NMSA) ; 3♂ Grahamstown (plot 5280), Three Chimneys farm, 33°18.542'S 26°29.846'E, 2–13.iii.2008, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( AMGS) ; Free State: 1♂ Brandfort, Soetdoring Nature Reserve , train camp, 28°50.934'S 26°01.996'E, Acacia Savanna thicket, 5–6.iv.2009, A.H. & M.K. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 05492) ; KwaZulu­Natal: 21 Jesmond Road, Pietermaritzburg , 29°37'S 30°22'E, 730 m, suburban garden, 9.xii.2007, G.B.P. Davies ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Ndumo Game Reserve , pan, 26°54.288'S 32°17.974'E, Grassy flood plain, 9–10.xii.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 19464) ; 2♂ Ndumu [Ndumo] Game Reserve, Camp & Riverine bush, 4–9.x.1982, J.G.H. Londt ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Ndumu [Ndumo] Game Reserve, Ingwavuma District , Tongaland , 1–10.xii.1963, B.R. Stuckenberg & P. Stuckenberg ( NMSA) ; Western Cape: 1♂ 10 km S Bredasdorp , 34°37'S 20°03'E, 12.x.1994, R. Danielsson ( MZLU) ; 1♂ 10 km SE Vanrhynsdorp , along river, 14.x.1977, R.M. Miller ( NMSA) ; 4♂ 3 km E Kaap Agulhas , 34°49'S 20°01'E, 12.x.1994, R. Danielsson ( MZLU) ; 3♂ 32 km NE Clanwilliam, Brandewyn R. [ River ], 2–3.x.1977, R.M. Miller ( NMSA) ; 1♂ 70 km E of Laingsburg, Dwyka River area, 33°06'S 21°35'E, 500 m, Dry Dwyka River area , 24.xi.1990, A.E. Whittington & J.G.H. Londt ( NMSA) ; 1♂ Cedarberg , 3 km ESE Kriedowkrans, 32°22'S 18°59'E, 350 m, 6.x.1994, R. Danielsson ( MZLU) ; 1♂ Cogman’s Kloof, Ashton-Montagu Road , along river, 11.i.1983, P. Stabbins & R.M. Miller ( NMSA) ; 1♂ De Hoop Nature Reserve , 34°27'S 20°25'E, 0–200 m, 10–13.x.1994, R. Danielsson ( MZLU) ; 18♂ Kroonplanskloof , 10 km S Citrusdal, 32°40'S 19°01'E, 200–270 m, 4–8.x.1994, R. Danielsson ( MZLU) . ZIMBABWE: 1♂ 10 km SE of Harare , 19.ii.1997, J.W. Ismay, leg. J.C. Deeming ( NMSA) ( Previously NMW.Z.1981–001) .

Distribution: Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe.

Figures

Figs 37–45. Atherigona spp.: trifoliate process and hypopygial prominence of (37) A. naqvii Steyskal; (38) A. ruficornis Stein; (39) A. flaviheteropalpata sp. n.; (40) A. latibasilaris sp. n.; (41) A. mitrata Séguy; (42) A. bedfordi van Emden; (43) A. ochracea Deeming; (44) A. theodori Hennig; (45) A. rubricornis Stein. Not to scale.