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 laevigata ( Loew, 1852 ) Fig. 7 Coenosia laevigata Loew, 1852: 660 [1862: 28]. Atherigona laevigata : van Emden 1940: 113 , figs 6, 56; Deeming 1971: 148 , figs 13–18. Atherigona scutellaris Stein , in Becker 1903: 110 . Atherigona minuta Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911: 183 . Diagnosis: This species can easily be recognised by it glossy frontal plate and halfyellow, half-infuscated frontal vitta in combination with its knoblike hypopygial prominence. Type material examined: Syntypes : MOZAMBIQUE : 1♂ 2♀ ‘ Ost Afrika , Inhambana , Peters S’ ( ZMHB ) . Other material examined: KENYA : Baringo : 9♂ Lake Bogoria Nature Reserve , Fig Tree camp site, 00°11’N 36°08'E , 1100 m , 21.xi.1992 , J.G.H. Londt & A.E. Whittington , South end of reserve ( NMSA ) ; Nairobi : 3♂ Karura State Forest , 5 km NE of Nairobi , 01°15'S 36°53'E , 1700 m , 19.xi.1992 , J.G.H. Londt & A.E. Whittington , Indigenous forest /edges ( NMSA ) . 1♂ N. NIGERIA [ NIGERIA ]: Zaria , Samaru , Cynodon dacylon collected 22.xi.1972 , 4.xii.1972 , J.C. Deeming , ex. Shoot ( NMSA ) . NAMIBIA : 1♂ Swakopmund , 26–30.i.1972 , southern African Expedition , Swept vegetation around sewage farm settling tanks ( NHMUK ) ; 2♂ Warmbad , [ -28.448034 18.734433 ], Koakoveld , ii.1925 , SAMC Expedition (SAM-DIP A013851) ; 5♂ Warmbad , [ -28.448034 18.734433 ], Koakoveld , ii.1925 , SAMC Expedition (SAM-DIP A013850) ; 4♂ Zesfontein , ii.1925 , SAMC Expedition (SAM-DIP A013846). SAUDI ARABIA : 1♀ Abha , Madenate Ameer Sultan , 25.ii–25.v.2002 , H.A. Dawah ( NMSA ) . SOUTH AFRICA : Eastern Cape : 3♂ 3 km E Grahamstown , Belmont Valley , 2& 5.i.1986 , J.G.H. Londt & B. Londt , Malaise trap ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ 35 km SE of Maclear , 31°12'S 28°36'E , 1400 m , Grass slopes & ravine, 3.ii.1992 , Natal Museum Expedition ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ 8 km NW. Addo , 3–4.xi.1978 , J.G.H. Londt & R.M. Miller ( NMSA ) ; 6♂ 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 ) ; 2♂ Grahamstown , Albany Museum grounds, 33°18.822'S 26°31.315'E , 15–23.x.2007 , A.H. Kirk-Spriggs , Malaise trap ( AMGS ) ; 1♂ Hluleka Nature Reserve , 21–25.vii.1981 , R.F. Fregona ( NMSA ) ; 3♂ Hogsback , 32°35.7'S 26°56.172'E , 850 m , 28.xii.2004 , M.B. Mostovski ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Hogsback area , Forest margins, 18–19.i.1984 , D. Barraclough & C. Barraclough ( NMSA ) ; 3♂ Pirie Dam , ii. 1944 , J. Omer Cooper ( NHMUK ) ; 1♂ Port St. Johns , 10–22.ii.1955 , A.J.T. Janse ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Wilderness National Park , 33°59'S 22°66'E, c 100 m , Forest margins, 7.ix.1993 , D. Barraclough & C. Barraclough ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Xuka River , 10 km E Engcobo , river bank, 26.x.1978 , J.G.H. Londt & R.M. Miller ( NMSA ) ; Free State : 3♂ 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) 05524, 05529, 05535) ; 2♂ 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) 05469, 05472) ; Gauteng : Pretoria , Emerged from jar with army worm, Parasite ?, 22.iv.1919 ( SANC DIPT01491 ) ; KwaZulu­Natal : 1♂ 15.5 km N. Vryheid , 29.xi.1976 , R.M. Miller , Old quarry ( NMSA ) ; 5♂ 17 km NE Empangeni , Nseleni River , 28°42'S 32°01'E , 24.x.1994 , R. Danielsson ( MZLU ) ; 1♂ Botanical Gardens Durban , 16.x.1920 , C.P. van der Merwe (SAM-DIP A013849) ; 1♂ Croc Valley Nature Reserve , nr. Sheffield Beach , 29°28'37"S 31°15'04"E , 60 m , In patch of swamp forest, 12.vi.2001 , J.G.H. Londt ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Dukuduku between St. Lucia & Matubatuba , Zululand , 7–8. iv.1960 , B.R. Stuckenberg & P. Stuckenberg ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Durban , 6.ix.1960 ( NHMUK ) ; 1♂ Giant’s Castle [Nature] Reserve , Drakensberg Mts. , 18.x.1971 , B.R. Stuckenberg & M.E. Irwin ( NMSA ) ; 3♂ Ladysmith , xii.1952 ( NHMUK ) ; 1♂ Lynnfield Park , 13 km SE Pietermaritzburg , 29°41'S 30°29'E , Acacia thornveld area, 31.iii.1989 , A.E. Whittington ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Ndumo Game Reserve , pan, 26°54.288'S 32°17.974'E , Grassy flood plain, 9–10.xii.2009 , A.H. Kirk-Spriggs , Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 19476) ; 1♂ Ndumo Game Reserve , Shokwe area , 26°52.125'S 32°13.731'E , Ficus forest , 30.xi–4.xii.2009 , A.H. Kirk-Spriggs , Malaise trap ( BMSA (D) 15826) ; 3♂ Ndumu [Ndumo] Game Reserve , Camp & Riverine bush, 4–9.x.1982 , J.G.H. Londt ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ New Hanover , 29.xi.1914 , C.B. Hardenberg ( SANC ) ; 2♂ Port Edward , 31°03'S 30°13'E , 8.vi.1997 , K.R. Cradock , Malaise trap ( NMSA ) ; 16♂ Richards Bay , 28°46'S 32°04'E , 24.x.1994 , R. Danielsson ( MZLU ) ; 1♂ Royal Natal National Park , 7–11.iv.1951 , Brinck & Rudebeck , insect trap ( MZLU ) ; 1♂ St. Martin’s-on-the-Shore, 5.vi.1976 , R.M. Miller ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Ukulinga Research Farm , University of KwaZulu-Natal , 29°40'S 30°24'E , 12.iii.2009 , R.M. Miller ( NMSA ) ; Limpopo : 2♂ Louis Trichardt [Makhado], i–ii.1928 , R.F. Lawrence (SAM-DIP A013858) ; 1♂ Plat River , Waterberg distr. , C.J. Swierstra ( NMSA ) ; 1♂ Mpumalanga : 7 km N Hazyview , Sabie River , 6.xii.1976 , R.M. Miller ( NMSA ) ; Western Cape : 1♂ 3 km E Kaap Agulhas , 34°49'S 20°01'E , 12.x.1994 , R. Danielsson ( MZLU ) ; 1♂ De Hoop Nature Reserve , 34°27'S 20°25'E , 0–200 m , 10–13.x.1994 , R. Danielsson ( MZLU ) ; 1♂ Knysna C.C., x.1916 , L. Peringuey (SAM-DIP A013857); 4♂ Malgas , 34°20'S 20°30'E , 40 m , 11–13.x.1994 , R. Danielsson ( MZLU ) . ZIMBABWE : 2♂ N. Vumba , S. Rhodesia 22.vi.1964 , D. Cookson ( NMSA ) . Distribution: Angola , Comores , Egypt , Ethiopia , Kenya , Madagascar , Mozambique , Nigeria , Rwanda , Saudi Arabia , Seychelles , South Africa , Tanzania , Uganda , Yemen , Zambia , Zimbabwe (new).