Atherigona (Atherigona) bedfordi van Emden, 1940

Magoai, Mokome M. J., Muller, Burgert S. & Bellingan, Terence A., 2025, A contribution to the Atherigona (Diptera, Muscidae) fauna of Angola, African Invertebrates 66 (2), pp. 209-227 : 209-227

Atherigona (Atherigona) bedfordi van Emden, 1940

Fig. 11

Atherigona bedfordi van Emden, 1940: 120, figs 27, 55; Pont 1991: 339; Deeming 2000: 284; Dike 2003: 219 (distribution); Muller 2015: 860, fig. 42; Deeming and Kirk-Spriggs 2024: 506. Atherigona humeralis Wiedemann, 1830: 441, sensu Hennig 1964: 497 et auctt., non Skidmore 1985: 313, nec Pont (1986: 113).

Distribution.

Afrotropical Region: Angola, Chad, The Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, and Sudan. Palaearctic Region: Egypt, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia.

Figures

Figures 8–19. Trifoliate process and hypopygial prominence of 8. A. adelinahae sp. nov.; 9. A. albistyla; 10. A. angolaensis sp. nov.; 11. A. bedfordi; 12. A. campestris; 13. A. cuanavaleensis sp. nov.; 14. A. laevigata; 15. A. lineata ssp. lineata; 16. A. lineata ugandae; 17. A. matilei; 18. A. mirabilis ssp. mirabilis; 19. A. ruficornis. Trifoliate process: a posterior view b profile. Hypopygial prominence c dorsal view d posterior view e profile f female tergite 8. (17, 19 adapted from Muller (2015), 11, 12, 15, 18 adapted from Muller and Mostovski (2018), 14, 16 adapted from Magoai and Muller (2024)).