Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae) Author Muller, B. S. text African Invertebrates 2015 2015-12-31 56 3 845 845 http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.5733/afin.056.0301 journal article 10.5733/afin.056.0301 2305-2562 7915060 Atherigona rubricornis Stein, 1913 Fig. 45 Atherigona rubricornis Stein, 1913: 531 ; van Emden 1940: 101 , figs. 15, 51; Deeming 1971: 157 , figs 47, 48 ( A. tritici Pont & Deeming figured); Deeming 1979: 39, figs 19 (female tergite 8); Pont & Deeming 2001: 298, figs 1–4. Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from other species with a partially yellow frontal vitta by the trifoliate process with median piece entirely linear in posterior view. The species is very similar to A. tritici Pont & Deeming, 2001 (with A. tritici previously regarded as a form of A. rubricornis ) with the main difference being the shape of the median piece which is dilated at its apex. Type material examined: Syntype ♂ : [ ZIMBABWE ]: ‘Salisbury [ Harare ], Mashonaland , G.A.K. Marshall’ ( ZMHB ) . Other material examined: BOTSWANA : 1♂ Tlokweng , Sorghum field, 6–13.iii.1990 , J.M. Mashonja , Malaise trap ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Tsessebe , Bechuanaland , i.1956 , F. Zumpt ( NHMUK ) . SOUTH AFRICA : Eastern Cape : 1♂ Aliwal North , 30°42'S 26°43'E , iii.1979 , C.D. Eardley , C. Kok & S.J. van Tonder , Malaise trap ( SANC ) ; 1♂ 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♂ 42 km SW of Winburg , 28°45'S 26°45'E , 1500 m , Grassland & bushes, 20.iii.1991 , J.G.H. Londt & A.E. Whittington ( NMSA ) ; 7♂ Adullam Farm nr. Clarens , 28°32'S 28°28'E , 20–26.ii.1980 , S.J. van Tonder , C. Kok & W.A. Harrop , Malaise trap ( SANC ) ; 2♂ Adullam Farm nr. Clarens , 28°32'S 28°28'E , 20–26.ii.1980 , C. Kok , Malaise trap ( SANC ) ; 6♂ Brandfort , Florisbad Research Station , 28°46.039'S 26°04.234'E , Acacia Savanna , 4–6.iv.2009 , A.H. Kirk-Spriggs , Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 05592, 05591, 05516, 05521, 05581, 05570) ; 4♂ Brandfort , Soetdoring Nature Reserve , Kruger’s Drift , 28°51.303'S 26°02.302'E , Acacia Savanna , 5–6.iv.2009 , A.H. & M.K. Kirk-Spriggs , Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 5455, 5431, 5477, 5482); KwaZulu­Natal : 1♂ 20 mi. N Jozini , 750 ft [ 229 m ]., dry hillside, 28.xi.1971 , M.E. Irwin & B.J. Irwin ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Ferncliff Nature Reserve , 29°33.2'S 30°20.5'E , 855 m , 5.xii.2004 , M.B. Mostovski , light trap ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Hilton Road , 13.xii.1963 , B.R. Stuckenberg ( NMSA ) ; 3♂ Himeville , 3–5.iii.2004 , M.B. Mostovski , light trap ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Howick , 29°28'S 30°13'E , 1060 m , 9.iv.1993 , A.E. Whittington , Mercury blended light ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Ndumo Game Reserve , main road, 26°54.288'S 32°17.974'E , Sand and broad-leafed deciduous forest, 4–8. xii.2009 , A.H. Kirk-Spriggs , Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 17559) ; 1♂ Pietermaritzburg , Hilton , garden, 13–23. xi.2003 , M.B. Mostovski , Malaise trap ( NMSA ) ; 2♂ Royal Natal National Park , 28°41.362'S 28°56.327'E , 1425 m , stream, y-wood, 10–13.xii.2004 , M.B. Mostovski , Malaise trap ( NMSA ) ; 3♂ Royal Natal National Park , 7–11.iv.1951 , Brinck & Rudebeck , insect trap ( MZLU ) ; 1♂ Royal Natal National Park , Thendele , 28°42.378'S 28°56.083'E , 1600 m , Leucosedes [ Leucosidea ] dominated scrub, 15–17.ii.2010 , A.H. Kirk-Spriggs , Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 19723) ; 2♂ St. Lucia Nature Reserve , Coastal bush & forest, 18–20.xii.1981 , J.G.H. Londt & B.R. Stuckenberg ( NMSA ) ; Limpopo : 1♂ 23 mi. NW of Naboomspruit , 20.ii.1949 ( NHMUK ) ; 1♂ Nylsvley Nature Reserve , 24°39'S 28°42'E , 10–11.xii.1979 , C.D. Eardley , C.G. Moolman & W.A. Harrop , Malaise trap ( SANC ) ; Mpumalanga : 1♂ 8 km NW Baberton on Badplaas Rd. , Bushveld long grass, 6–8.iv.1985 , J.G.H. Londt ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Baberton , 13.xii.1910 , A.J.T. Janse ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Loskopdam Nature Reserve area , Bushveld nr. River , 24.i.1978 , J.G.H. Londt ( NMSA ) ; North West Province : 1♂ S.A. Lombaard Nature Reserve , 27°36'05"S 25°28'51"E , 1230 m , Rhus , Acacia savanna , 11.iii.2003 , J.G.H. Londt , Malaise and light traps ( NMSA ) ; Western Cape : 1♂ Malgas , 34°20'S 20°30'E , 40 m , 11–13.x.1994 , R. Danielsson ( MZLU ) . Distribution: Botswana , Chad , Kenya , Namibia , Nigeria , South Africa , Uganda , Zimbabwe .