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 soccata Rondani, 1871 Fig. 54 Atherigona soccata Rondani, 1871: 332 ; Deeming 1987: 18 . Atherigona indica Malloch, 1923: 193 . Atherigona varia Meigen, 1826 (misident.). Atherigona indica infuscata van Emden, 1940: 123 , fig. 19. Atherigona varia (Meigen) var. soccata : Deeming 1971: 165 , figs 85–91. Diagnosis: This species has a very characteristically shaped hypopygial prominence, that is very widely bifurcated. The aforementioned in combination with yellow palpi and an infuscated frontal vitta makes the species distinguishable from other similarly coloured species. Type material: Holotype housed in Museo Zoologico La Specola ( MZLSF ), but not seen. Other material examined: SOUTH AFRICA : KwaZulu­Natal : 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) 16489); Mpumalanga : 1♂ Kiepersol , Burgers Hall , Exper [Experimental]. Stn. [Station], xii.1996 – i.1997 , T. Sherwill ( NMSA ) . Distribution: Burkina Faso , Côte d’Ivoire , Egypt , Kenya , Madagascar , Mauritius , Nigeria , Reúnion , South Africa , Tanzania , Uganda .