Atherigona (Atherigona) bedfordi 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 : 506-507

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.4.1
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scientific name	Atherigona (Atherigona) bedfordi Emden, 1940
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Atherigona (Atherigona) bedfordi Emden, 1940 View in CoL

Atherigona bedfordi Emden, 1940: 120 View in CoL , figs 27, 55; Pont 1991: 339; Deeming 2000: 284; Dike 2003: 219 (distribution); Muller 2015: 860, fig. 42.

Atherigona humeralis Wiedemann, 1830: 441 View in CoL , sensu Hennig 1964: 497 et auctt., non Skidmore 1985: 313, nec Pont (1986: 113).

Previous record: Brandberg : Messum Valley, 21°13.29'S, 14°30.98'E ( Deeming 2000: 284) GoogleMaps .

Material examined: 4♂, 1♀, Katima Mulilo District, Salambala pan, 17°50'00''S, 24°35'58''E, 23–27.xii.2002, A GoogleMaps .H. & M.K. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap sample; 2♂, same data, except: 01–04.iii.2001, A GoogleMaps .H. Kirk-Spriggs; 2♀, Katima Mulilo District, Salambala forest , 17°50'02''S, 24°36'20''E, 23–29.xii.2002, Malaise trap, A GoogleMaps .H. & M.K. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise traps; 1♂, Skeleton Coast, Kunene River mouth, 17°16'S, 11°47'E, 20–22.iv.1994, E. Marais, light trap GoogleMaps ; 1♂, West Caprivi Park, Kwando River, Susuwe , 17°45'37''S, 23°20'55''E, 28.ix–02.x.1996, A GoogleMaps . H. Kirk-Spriggs , Malaise trap, dry woodland (all NMNW) .

Remarks: One of the three male specimens from Susuwe (cited above), has the frontal vitta infuscate on all but the anterior margin.

Distribution: (Afrotropical): Angola, Chad, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa and Sudan; (Palaearctic): Egypt, Palestine and Saudi Arabia.

Host-plants: Napier grass, Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone (as Pennisetum purpureum ), Hyparrhenia cyanescens (Stapf) Stapf , Oryza barthii A. Chev. , Sorghum , Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, Sporobolus pyramidalis P. Beauv. and wheat, Triticum spp. (all Poaceae ).