Atherigona (Atherigona) steeleae Emden, 1940

Deeming, John C. & Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H., 2024, A contribution to the knowledge of Namibian Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae), with the descriptions of four new species and two new subspecies, Zootaxa 5536 (4), pp. 501-535 : 525-526

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DE387F74-0C64-4F14-B276-A6A9EB1C3258
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14239875
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Atherigona (Atherigona) steeleae Emden, 1940
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Atherigona (Atherigona) steeleae Emden, 1940 View in CoL

Atherigona steeleae Emden, 1940: 129 View in CoL , figs 29, 58; Deeming 1971: 170, figs 103–107; Deeming 1979: 38; Deeming & Overman 1987: 118; Dike 2003: 221 (distribution); Muller 2015: 898, fig. 63; Muller & Mostovski 2018: 354, fig. 24.

Material examined: 1♂, West Caprivi Park, Kwando River, Susuwe , 17°45'37''S, 23°20'55''E, 28.ix–02.x.1998, A GoogleMaps . H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap in dry woodland ( NMNW) .

Remarks: The puparium was described by Deeming (1971: 170), reared from Sorghum , Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (as Andropogon sorghum ).

Distribution: (Afrotropical): Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Namibia *, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Additional specimens from Kenya and Ethiopia are deposited in NMWC (1♀, “ Kenya, Kasarani, 10–11.viii.1989, J.W. Ismay, swept savannah” and 1♂, “ Ethiopia, Alemaya, 10.viii.1993, S. Gudeta”).

Host-plants: Desho grass, Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin., Napier grass, Cenchrus purpureus (as Pennisetum purpureum ) and Sorghum , Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. (all Poaceae ).