Atherigona (Atherigona) steeleae Emden, 1940

Atherigona steeleae Emden, 1940: 129, figs 29, 58; Deeming 1971: 170, figs 103–107; Deeming 1979: 38; Deeming & Overman 1987: 118; Dike 2003: 221 (distribution); Muller 2015: 898, fig. 63; Muller & Mostovski 2018: 354, fig. 24.

Material examined: 1♂, West Caprivi Park, Kwando River, Susuwe, 17°45'37''S, 23°20'55''E, 28.ix–02.x.1998, A. H. Kirk-Spriggs, Malaise trap in dry woodland (NMNW) .

Remarks: The puparium was described by Deeming (1971: 170), reared from Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (as Andropogon sorghum).

Distribution: (Afrotropical): Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Namibia *, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Additional specimens from Kenya and Ethiopia are deposited in NMWC (1♀, “ Kenya, Kasarani, 10–11.viii.1989, J.W. Ismay, swept savannah” and 1♂, “ Ethiopia, Alemaya, 10.viii.1993, S. Gudeta”).

Host-plants: Desho grass, Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin., Napier grass, Cenchrus purpureus (as Pennisetum purpureum) and Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. (all Poaceae).