Atherigona lineata subsp. torrida Deeming 1971
Creators: name: Muller, B. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Atherigona
Atherigona lineata
Atherigona lineata (adams) ssp. torrida deeming, 1971

description: Atherigona lineata (Adams) ssp. torrida Deeming, 1971   
Fig. 52  
 Coenosia lineata Adams, 1905: 208.   
 Atherigona torrida Deeming, 1971: 180, figs 153, 154; Deeming 1979: 47.   
 Diagnosis: See diagnosis for Atherigona lineata lineata.   
Type material examined: Holotype ♂: N. NIGERIA [NIGERIA]: Zaria, Samaru, 30.viii.1969, m.v. [Mercury vapour] trap, J.C. Deeming (NHMUK).  
 Other material examined: KENYA: W. Kakamega: 1♂ Kakamega Forest Reserve, 00°22’N 34°53'E, 1620 m, Indigenous forest paths, 24.xi.1992, A.E. Whittington & J.G.H. Londt (NMSA). SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape: 1♂ 3 km E Grahamstown, Belmont Valley, 2& 5.i.1986, J.G.H. Londt & B. Londt, Malaise trap (NMSA); 2♂ Grahamstown (plot 5280), Three Chimneys farm, 33°18.542'S 26°29.846'E, 2–13.iii.2008, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap (AMGS); 8♂ Pirie Dam, ii. 1944, J. Omer Cooper (NHMUK); 1♂ Tsitsikamma National Park, Storms River mouth, 34°01.239'S 23°53.744'E, 5.iv.2008, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Sweeping (BMSA (D) 03044); Free State: 1♂ Harrismith, Nesshurst farm, 28°26'53.3"S 29°09'14.2"E, Leucosedea [Leucosidea] -scrub & stream bed, 17–18.ix.2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap (BMSA (D) 11069); Gauteng: 1♂ Johannesburg, 26.xii.1946, F. Zumpt (NHMUK); KwaZulu­Natal: 8♂ Ashburton 15 km SE of Pietermaritzburg, Grassland, 19–25.ii.1977, J.G.H. Londt, Malaise trap (NMSA); 3♂ Cathedral Peak area, 4–11.iv.1977, J.G.H. Londt, ex. Malaise (NMSA); 2♂ Cathedral Peak, Didima, 28°57.000'S 29°14.395'E, 1422 m, 13–16.xii.2004, M.B. Mostovski (NMSA); 1♂ Empangeni, 28°45'S 31°54'E, Garden of Reavell, 01–12.i.1993, P.E. Reavell, Malaise trap (NMSA); 1♂ Giant’s Castle Game Reserve - Injasuti area, 5–11.xii.1983, J.G.H. Londt (NMSA); 2♂ Himeville, 3–5.iii.2004, M.B. Mostovski, light trap (NMSA); 1♂ Itala Game Reserve, 27°31'S 31°12'E, 780 m, Doornkraal Campsite, 4–6.xi.1997, J.G.H. Londt & A. Londt (NMSA); 2♂ Kamberg Nature Reserve, 1–6.x.1978, J.G.H. Londt, Malaise trap (NMSA); 1♂ Lynnfield Park [nr. Pietermaritzburg], 6–8.iv.1989, A.E. Whittington, Malaise trap (NMSA); 1♂ 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) 19475); 2♂ Ndumu [Ndumo] Game Reserve, Camp & Riverine bush, 4–9.x.1982, J.G.H. Londt (NMSA); 1♂ Port Edward, 31°03'S 30°13'E, 9.vi.1997, K.R. Cradock, Malaise trap (NMSA); 1♂ Ramsgate Butterfly Sanctuary, 30°53.3'S 30°20.4'E, near stream., 10.vii–8.viii.2004, M.B. Mostovski, Malaise trap (NMSA); 2♂ Ramsgate Butterfly Sanctuary, 30°53.3'S 30°20.4'E, 26–29.iv.2004, M.B. Mostovski, light trap (NMSA); 1♂ Royal Natal National Park, 28°41.362'S 28°56.327'E, 1425 m, stream, y-wood, 10–13.xii.2004, M.B. Mostovski, Malaise trap (NMSA); 1♂ Royal Natal National Park, Riverine bush, montane slopes, 6–10. xiii.1984, J.G.H. Londt (NMSA); 1♂ Royal Natal National Park, 7–11.iv.1951, Brinck & Rudebeck, insect trap (MZLU); 1♂ Royal Natal National Park, Tendele [Thendele] area, 28°40'46"S 28°55'13"E, Sourveld, 16–18.iii.1990, A.E. Whittington, Mercury vapour light trap (NMSA); 29♂ Royal Natal National Park, Thendele, 28°42.378'S 28°56.083'E, 1600 m, Leucosedes [Leucosidea] dominated scrub, 15–17.ii.2010, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap (BMSA (D) 19751, 19559, 19720, 19681, 19649, 19774, 19777, 19660, 19680, 19699, 19830, 19763, 19599, 19692, 19651, 19679, 19727, 19771, 19792, 19664, 19683, 19750, 19744, 19748, 19794, 19588, 19781, 19581, 19698); 1♂ St. Lucia Nature Reserve, Coastal bush & forest, 18–20.xii.1981, J.G.H. Londt & B.R. Stuckenberg (NMSA); 1♂ Tugela River, Royal Natal National Park, 15.iii.1954 (NHMUK); 1♂ Umfuli, 28°50'S 31°28'E, 9–11.ix.1994, K.R. Cradock, Malaise trap (NMSA); 1♂ Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve, near Umzinto, 19–23.x.2006, G.B.P. Davies (NMSA); 1♂ Weenen Nature Reserve, 28°51'S 29°59'E, Thornveld, 1–4.x.1990, A.E. Whittington, Malaise trap (NMSA); 1♂ Zinkwasi Conservancy, 29°17'S 31°27'E, 10 m, Margins Dune Forest, 10.vi.1998, J.G.H. Londt (NMSA); Mpumalanga: 1♂ White River, 5.iii.1953 (NHMUK); North West Province: 1♂ Pilanesberg National Park, Bakubung, 25°20'25"S 27°03'51"E, 1100 m, Gate, 12–19.xi.1999, J.G.H. Londt (NMSA).   
Distribution: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa.  
 Remarks: Originally described by Deeming 1971 as a new species A. torrida, it was later synonymised with A. lineata and was treated by Deeming as a variant form of A. lineata lineata. I, however, feel that it is sufficiently different and readily distinguishable from the other subspecies of A. lineata to warrant that it be recognised as a valid subspecies and not just a variant of A. lineata lineata.
description: Published as part of Muller, B. S., 2015, Illustrated key and systematics of male South African Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae), pp. 845 in African Invertebrates 56 (3) on pages 881-882, DOI: 10.5733/afin.056.0301, http://zenodo.org/record/7915060