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 nigrapicalis Deeming, 1979 Fig. 10 Atherigona nigrapicalis Deeming, 1979: 36 , figs 13–15. Diagnosis: This species can be separated from others with an infuscated frontal vitta by its surstylus that is infuscated apically and on posterior angle. The mesonotum also lacks 2-4 dorsocentral vittae. Type material examined: Holotype ♂ : ‘NORTHERN NIGERIA [ NIGERIA ]: Zaria , Samaru , 9.iv.1971 , J.C. Deeming’ ( NHMUK ). Other material examined: SOUTH AFRICA : Gauteng : 1♂ Johannesburg , 18.i.1953 , Paterson ( NHMUK ) ; KwaZulu­Natal : 1♂ Mkuzi Game Reserve , 27°38'20"S 32°09'30"E , ca. 140 m , 8–15.x.1990 , J.G.H. Londt , MV [Mercury vapour] light & Malaise ( NMSA ) ; 2♂ 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) 19465, 19470) . Distribution: Nigeria , South Africa , Zimbabwe .