Atherigona angulata Deeming, 1971

Fig. 4

Atherigona angulata Deeming, 1971: 157, figs 54, 55; Deeming 1981: 105; Muller 2015: 858, fig. 5.

Material examined.

Lesotho • 2 ♂; Mamathes [now Masupha], Basutoland; [29 ° 8.000 ' S, 27 ° 51.000 ' E]; 30 Apr. 1949; C. Jacot Guillarmod leg. (AMGS) • 1 ♂; Masupha, Basutoland; [29 ° 8.000 ' S, 27 ° 51.000 ' E]; 10 Jun. 1948; C. Jacot Guillarmod leg. (AMGS) • 1 ♂; Mamathes, Basutoland; [29 ° 8.000 ' S, 27 ° 51.000 ' E]; 8 Feb. 1948; C. Jacot Guillarmod leg. (AMGS) .

Other material examined.

South Africa • 1 ♂; Free State, Brandfort, Florisbad Research Station; 28 ° 46.039 ' S, 26 ° 04.234 ' E; 4–6 Apr. 2009; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; Malaise traps, Acacia, Savanna; BMSA (D) 05575 • 1 ♂; Free State, Brandfort, Soetdoring Nature Reserve, train camp; 28 ° 50.934 ' S, 26 ° 01.996 ' E; 5–6 Apr. 2009; A. H. & M. K. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; Malaise traps, Acacia, Savanna thicket; BMSA (D) 05494 .

Diagnosis.

This species has golden / yellow vibrissa, similar to that of Atherigona pulla (Wiedemann, 1830) and Atherigona chrysohypene Muller, 2015 . It can be distinguished from A. pulla by the shape of the trifoliate process, with the median piece bent at a right-angle when viewed in profile (Fig. 4 b) compared to a linear median piece in A. pulla . It can be distinguished from A. chrysohypene by the shape of the hypopygial prominence which is knoblike (Fig. 4) and with an apical emargination, compared to that of A. chrysohypene which is bilobate (Fig. 5).

Distribution.

Botswana, Lesotho (new record), Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Saudi Arabia.