Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described
Author
Deeming, John C.
B8B9E727-C28B-458A-B48C-40D14A95999C
Honorary Research Fellow, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, CF 10 3 NP, United Kingdom.
john.deeming@honorary.museumwalesac.uk
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2022
2022-11-30
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1987
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Atherigona
(s. str.)
angustiloba
van
Emden, 1956
Material examined
ETHIOPIA
•
2 ♂♂
;
Alemaya
;
Sep. 1992
;
S. Gudeta
leg.;
NMWC
.
GUINEA
•
1 ♂
;
Nimba
;
Jul.–Dec. 1951
;
Lamotte
and
Roy
leg.;
NMWC
.
SOUTH AFRICA
•
1 ♂
;
E of Cape Province
,
Hogsback N of Alice
;
2–3 Nov. 1964
;
B. and P. Stuckenberg
leg.;
NMSA
•
1 ♂
;
Natal
,
Richmond
;
22 Nov.1973
;
F. Zumpt
leg.;
NMWC
.
Remarks
Described (van
Emden 1956: 521
) from
Burundi
and further recorded from
South Africa
(
Muller 2015: 859
). The Ethiopian material is unusual in that the fore tibia is yellow throughout its length rather than being infuscated on its apical half.
Distribution
Burundi
,
Ethiopia
,
Guinea
,
South Africa
.