Atherigona naqvii Steyskal 1966
Creators: name: Muller, B. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Atherigona
Atherigona naqvii

description: <i>Atherigona naqvii</i> Steyskal, 1966 Fig. 37 <i>Atherigona naqvii</i> Steyskal, 1966: 53; Deeming 1971: 160, figs 61–66. Diagnosis: This species has a similarly coloured trifoliate process to that of <i>A. libertensis</i> and <i>A. cinarina</i>, and also a pair of hyaline apical setulae on the median piece. <i>A. naqvii</i> differs, however, from the aforementioned species by the combination of a yellow frontal vitta and the hypopygial prominence appearing tridentate (Fig. 37c). The trifoliate process is also without fine surface setulae as in <i>A. cinarina</i>. Type material examined: None. Type material housed in National Museum of Natural History – Smithsonian Institution (NMNH), but not seen. Other material examined: BOTSWANA: 3&amp;male; Tsessebe, Bechuanaland, i.1956, F. Zumpt (NHMUK). MALAWI: 1&amp;male; Viphya Mtns [Mountains], Chikangawa, 1700 m, Forest edge &amp; grassland., 5–8.xii.1980, B.R. Stuckenberg &amp; J.G.H. Londt (NMSA). NAMIBIA: 1&amp;male; Gobabis, ii/ iii.1971 (NHMUK); 1&amp;male; Kamanyab, iii.1995, SAMC Expedition (SAM-DIP A013847); 2&amp;male; Kaoko Otawi, iii.1995, SAMC Expedition (SAM-DIP A013853); 1&amp;male; Karibib, ii.1978, C. Kok &amp; S.J van Tonder (SANC); &amp;female; Maltahöhe Dist. Aandster Farm, 930 m, sandy to gravel grass-covered plain, 17.ii.1974, L. Lyneborg (NMSA); &amp;male; Namib Desert Park, Kuiseb River at Gobabeb, 400 m, Riverine forest and sand, 12.ii.1974, L. Lyneborg (NMSA); 8&amp;male; Okahanja, Camping Place, Riverside vegetation, 4.ii.1972, Malaise trap (NHMUK); 1&amp;male; Onguma Fm. 55 mi. NW. Tsumeb, 17–19.ii.1972, at light (NHMUK); 7&amp;male; Otjikoko Süd Fm [Farm], 33 mi. ENE Omaruru, 10–13.ii.1972 (NHMUK); 3&amp;male; Otjitambi Fm. [Farm], 27 mi. ESE Kamanjab, at light, 13–15.ii.1972 (NHMUK); 1&amp;male; Outjo, i.1925, SAMC Expedition (SAM-DIP A013854); 3&amp;male; Sesriem Farm, Maltahoe Distr., 19–20.i.1972, general sweeping (NHMUK); 1&amp;male; Warmbad, [-28.448034 18.734433], Koakoveld, ii.1925, SAMC Expedition (SAM-DIP A013851); 2&amp;male; Windhoek, Hoffnung Fm., Lucerne fields, 7.ii.1972 (NHMUK); 1&amp;male; Windhoek, Race-Course, 2–4.ii.1972 (NHMUK); 1&amp;male; Windhoek, Race-Course, Low vegetation, 5.ii.1972 (NHMUK); 3&amp;male; Windhoek, Regenstein Mt., 7000 ft [2134 m], Montane vegetation, 8.ii.1972 (NHMUK); 1&amp;male; Zesfontein, ii.1925, SAMC Expedition (SAM-DIP A013846). SOUTH AFRICA: <i>Free State</i>: 1 km SW of Paul Roux, 28°18'S 27°27'E, 1700 m, Rocky hill and farmland, 11.iii.1991, J.G.H. Londt &amp; A.E. Whittington (NMSA); 1&amp;male; Brandfort, Florisbad Research Station, 28°46.039'S 26°04.234'E, <i>Acacia</i> Savanna, 4–6.iv.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap (BMSA (D) 05548, 05550, 05555); 9&amp;male; Brandfort, Soetdoring Nature Reserve, Kruger’s Drift, 28°51.303'S 26°02.302'E, <i>Acacia</i> Savanna, 5–6. iv.2009, A.H. &amp; M.K. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap (BMSA (D) 05430, 05445, 05468, 05460, 05448, 05452, 05436, 05470, 05441). 1&amp;male; Brandfort, Soetdoring Nature Reserve, train camp, 28°50.934'S 26°01.996'E, <i>Acacia</i> Savanna thicket, 5–6.iv.2009, A.H. &amp; M.K. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap (BMSA (D) 05531); 2&amp;male; <i>KwaZulu­Natal</i>: Ozabeni-Manzimbomvu Section, Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, 27–28.v.2006, G.B.P. Davies (NMSA); 2&amp;male; Richards Bay, 28°46'S 32°04'E, 24.x.1994, R. Danielsson (MZLU); <i>North West Province</i>: 1&amp;male; Mafikeng Game Reserve, Kolobe Drinking Pond, 25°50'59"S 25°43'10"E, 1320 m, Rhus lancea savanna, 16.iii.2003, J.G.H. Londt (NMSA); 1&amp;male; Swartfontein, Vryburg, 26°54'S 24°45'E, 1240 m, Mixed bushveld-grass, 12.iii.1991, J.G.H. Londt &amp; A.E. Whittington (NMSA); <i>Western Cape</i>: 1&amp;male; 3 km E Kaap Agulhas, 34°49'S 20°01'E, 12.x.1994, R. Danielsson (MZLU). SWAZILAND: 1&amp;male; 2 km N Loyengo, 26°33'S 31°11'E, 25.x.1994, R. Danielsson (MZLU). Distribution: Afrotropical: Botswana (new), Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi (new), Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Swaziland (new), Yemen.
description: Published as part of <i>Muller, B. S., 2015, Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae), pp. 845 in African Invertebrates 56 (3)</i> on page 886, DOI: 10.5733/afin.056.0301, http://zenodo.org/record/7915060
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