Atherigona (Atherigona) humeralis ( Wiedemann, 1830 )

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 : 512

Atherigona (Atherigona) humeralis ( Wiedemann, 1830)

Coenosia humeralis Wiedemann, 1830: 441 .

Atherigona humeralis : Deeming 1971: 157, figs 49–53; Deeming & Overman 1987: 117; Pont 1991: 340; Dike 2003: 220 (distribution); Deeming 2008: 717; Muller 2015: 874, fig. 21; Deeming 2022: 126.

Atherigona humeralis Pont 1986: 113 ; Skidmore, 1985: 543, non Hennig, 1964: 497, nec auctt., syn. ferruginea Emden, 1940: 116 .

Atherigona ferruginea Emden, 1940: 116 , figs 14, 54; Deeming 1971: 153, fig. 33; Deeming 1979: 36; Deeming 1987: 18; Deeming & Overman 1987: 117.

Material examined: 1♂, Etosha Game Park, Dorsland , 18°43'S, 14°52'E, 14.v–16.vi.1986, E. Griffin ; 1♂, Katima Mulilo District, Salambala forest , 17°50'02''S, 24°36'20''E, 23–29.xii.2002, Malaise trap, A .H. & M.K. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap; 10♂, 4♀, Katima Mulilo District, Salambala campsite, 17°50'01''S, 24°36'09''E, 22–24.ii.2001, A .H. Kirk-Spriggs & E. Marais, Malaise trap; 2♂, Katima Mulilo District, Salambala campsite, 17°50'01''S, 24°36'09''E, 01–04.iii.2001, A . H. Kirk-Spriggs , Malaise trap ; 1♀, Katima Mulilo District, Salambala campsite, 17°50'01''S, 24°36'09''E, 01–03.iii.2001, A . H. Kirk-Spriggs , hanging human faeces traps ; 1♂, Mudumu Game Reserve, Nakatwa , 18°11'S, 23°25'E, 08–13.iii.1992, M. Pusch & E. Marais ; 2♂, Omaruru District, Brandberg Wes, Ugab R. nr, 20°57'39''S, 14°07'55''E, 21–24.x.1998, [ A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs & [E.] Marais, Malaise trap sample ; 2♀, Rundu District, Rundu (Kavango Lodge ), 17°54'43''S, 19°45'33''E, 27–29.iii.2003, A .H. Kirk-Spriggs & W. Mey, light trap; 3♂, 3♀, Skeleton Coast Park, Kunene River Mouth , 17°15.97'S, 11°46.83'E, 17–18.iii.1998, A .H. Kirk-Spriggs, sweeping marginal grasses and reeds on floodplain; 1♂, Skeleton Coast Park, Kunene Mouth , 17°16'S, 11°47'E, 20– 22.vi.1994, E. Marais, yellow tray trap ; 2♀, Skeleton Coast Park, Kunene Mouth , 17°16'S, 11°47'E, 20–22.vi.1994, E. Marais, light trap ; 1♀, Skeleton Coast Park, Kunene River Mouth , 17°16'S, 11°47'E, 20–22.iv.1994, E. Marais, preservation pitfall trap ; 1♂, Tsumeb District, Varianto 771/2, 19°23'00''S, 17°43'57''E, 29.iii–01.iv.2003, A .H. Kirk-Spriggs & W. Mey, light trap; 5♂, 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 (all NMNW) ; 1♂, Okahandja , 13–19.i.1928, R.E. Turner ; 1♂, Rietfontein, 23 miles S.W. Grootfontein, 03.iv.1972, British Museum (Natural History) Southern Africa Expedition 1972 (both NHMUK) .

Distribution: (Afrotropical): Botswana *, Cabo Verde, Chad, Ethiopia, Gambia, Madagascar, Namibia *, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda and United Arab Emirates; (Palaearctic): Canary Is, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Palestine and Saudi Arabia. 1♀, “ Botswana, Third Bridge, 19°14'S, 23°21'E, 10.iii.1993, E. Marias” (deposited in NMNW), extends the range of the species to include Botswana.