Atherigona (Atherigona) lineata ssp. lineata ( Adams, 1905 )

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 : 514

Atherigona (Atherigona) lineata ssp. lineata ( Adams, 1905)

Coenosia lineata Adams, 1905: 208 . Atherigona lineata : Emden 1940: 137, figs 16, 36; Deeming 1971: 178, figs 139–148; Deeming & Overman 1987: 118; Deeming

1979: 46, figs 38–41; Pont 1991: 341; Dike 2003: 220 (distribution); Deeming 2008: 718; Muller 2015: 880, fig. 51; Muller

& Mostovski 2018: 350, fig. 30; Deeming 2019b: 91. Atherigona nigripalpis Stein, 1913: 539 ; Emden 1940: 103.

Material examined: 1♂, Kaudom Game Reserve, Dussi, 10 km W of, 18°48'32''S, 20°43'57''E, 29–30.xii.1998, [A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs, [E.] Marais & [D.J.] Mann, Malaise traps; 1♂, Mahango Game Park, Okavango River at: 18°13'19''S, 21°45'10''E, 18–19.x.1999, [A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs, [T.] Pape & [W.] Hauwanga, Malaise trap; 1♂, Namib-Naukluft Park, Welwitschia Wash , 23°33'S, 15°02'E, 28.i.1993, F. Soroses, Welwitschia Pollination Project , blue tray trap 1; 1♂, Opuwa District, Epupa, 35 km E: Kunene River, 17°03'37''S, 13°29'32''E, 09–11.x.1999, [A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs, [T.] Pape & [W.] Hauwanga, Malaise trap, shaded woodland; 3♂, Opuwa District, Ekuju village, Kunene River, 17°19'30''S, 13°48'56''E, 11–12.x.1999, [A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs, [T.] Pape & [W.] Hauwanga, Malaise trap, riverine forest; 1♂, Ovambo, Etudilondjaba, 17°36’S, 17°36’E, 14–27.i.1993, E. Marais, preservation pitfall trap; 14♂, Rundu District, Katara: Okavango River, 17°48'56''S, 18°53'38''E, 20–23.i.1998, [A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs & [E.] Marais, Malaise trap; 1♂, Rundu District, Katara, 1 km S of, 17°50'25''S, 18°54'26''E, 22–23.i.1998, [A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs & [E.] Marais, Malaise trap in primary forest; 1♂, Rundu District, Simanya: Okavango River, 17°33'17''S, 18°32'30''E, 23–24.i.1998, [A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs & [E.] Marais, Malaise trap, primary woodland; 67♂, West Caprivi Park, Kwando River, Susuwe, 17°45'37''S, 23°20'55''E, 28.ix–02.x.1998, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap in dry woodland; 1♂, same data, except: 17°45'54''S, 23°21'10''E, 20–21.i.1999, [A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs, [T.] Pape & [W.] Hauwanga, sweeping marginal grasses; 1♂, West Caprivi Park, Fort Doppies, 17°49'28''S, 23°18'49''E, 20–21.x.1999, [A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs, [T.] Pape & [W.] Hauwanga (all NMNW); 5♂, West Caprivi Park, Buffalo Base, 18°08'S, 21°41'E, 03–05.iv.1990, E. Marais (3♂, NMNW; 1♂, NMWC).

Distribution: (Afrotropical): Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe; (Palaearctic): Jordan.

Host-plants: Koto millet, Paspalum scrobiculatum L., Pigeon grass, Setaria pumila and Sorghum , Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (all Poaceae ). Additional material of this species, or its subspecies (listed below), has been reared from Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. and Pigeon grass, Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. (as synonym S. pallidifusca (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E. Hubb. ) (both Poaceae ).

Parasitoid: Phaenocarpa Foerster sp. ( Hymenoptera : Braconidae : Alysiinae ).