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 falcata ( Thomson, 1869 ) Fig. 23 Coenosia falcata Thomson, 1869: 560 . Atherigona nudiseta Malloch, 1923: 186 . Atherigona falcata : Deeming 1975: 2 , figs 1–2. Diagnosis (Based on Pont 1986): This species can be distinguished from others with yellow frontal vitta and palpi by the entirely yellow fore femur and specialised chaetotaxy (short erect anterodorsal hairs on tarsomeres 2 or 3–5 of the fore leg). The species further has a very distinct trifoliate process ( Fig. 23a ). Type material: Holotype material housed in CNCI, but not seen. Other material examined: NAMIBIA : 1♂ Caprivi Park , Kwando Meander , Kwando River , 17°50'49"S 23°18'53"E , Swept from floating vegetation, mainly grasses, 5.xii.1999 , D.J. Mann , Sweep net ( NMSA ) . Distribution: Namibia , South Africa .