Atherigona orientalis

Deeming 2022: 140; Deeming 2019 b: 93. Coenosia excisa Thomson, [1869]: 560. Atherigona trilineata Stein, 1900: 157. Acritochaeta pulvinata Grimshaw, 1901: 42. Atherigona magnipalpis Stein, 1906: 66. Material examined: 1 ♀, Keetmanshoop District, Khabus 146, 26 ° 17 ' S, 18 ° 14 ' E, 30. vi – 23. vii. 1988, N. & G. Olivier, preservation traps, on dolomitic hill east slope; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Rundu District, Rundu (Kavango Lodge), 17 ° 54 ' 43 '' S, 19 ° 45 ' 33 '' E, 27 – 29. iii. 2003, A. H. Kirk-Spriggs & W. Mey, light trap; 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 (all NMNW). Remarks: Larval development takes place in a wide variety of decaying fruits, in which larvae prey upon other soft-bodied insects, but are also able to develop in other breeding media, including faeces. For this reason, Bohart & Gressitt (1951), regarded the species as of major medical importance on the island of Guam in the Pacific, due to its ability to transfer pathogenic organisms to human food. The immature stages were described in detail by Skidmore (1985: 290), who included figures of the larval cephaloskeletons and details of the puparium. Distribution: A common largely circumtropical species, occurring in all zoogeographical regions, except Antarctica: (Afrotropical): Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Réunion Is., Rodrigues Is., Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia, Zanzibar Is. and Zimbabwe.

Sumber: A contribution to the knowledge of Namibian Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae), with the descriptions of four new species and two new subspecies

Distribution. Introduced. Cosmopolitan; Galápagos: Española, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena (ICCDRS), San Cristóbal (ICCDRS), Santa Cruz.

Sumber: An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador)

Described from the Nicobar Islands (Schiner 1868: 295) and widespread throughout the tropics of the World, this is the only species of its subgenus to have become established in the Americas. This species has a very varied larval biology, the larvae being predaceous but also probably ingesting the decaying organic matter in which they develop. In the case of the recent record of this species being reared from turtle eggs in Cyprus (McGowan et al. 2001) the larvae of other Diptera present might be the primary source of nutrition. The mislaid types of Atherigona magnipalpis Stein, 1906: 66, which is listed as a junior synonym of orientalis, are in the box of material discovered in the Smithsonian Institution and have been returned to MNB. These, a male and a female, are in very good condition, micropinned on card mounts on ‘ continental’ pins and bear the following labels: Male 1) grey rectangular “ N. Kamerun, Johann-Alberechtshöhe, L. Conradt S 6, 17.6.96 ” machine-printed with date added. 2) red rectangular “ Type ” machine-printed. 3) grey rectangular “ Atherigona magnipalpis sp. n. ♂ ♀ Stein ” in Stein’s handwriting. 4) white rectangular “ Atherigona excisa Thom. Det. J. R. Malloch ” in Malloch’s hand. Female 1) white rectangular “ 17 / 6.96 ” in red ink. 2) as 1 above for male, but without date. 3) as 2 above for male.

Sumber: Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described

Distribution Cyprus, pan-tropical, southern Nearctic.

Sumber: Some Afrotropical species of Atherigona Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) revisited and a new species described

Biological remarks. Developing in a variety of substrates, from rotting fruit to dung, the larvae are active predators upon those of other flies and other soft-bodied insects.

Sumber: The Muscidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, descriptions of two new species, new records and updated list of species

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Saudi Arabia by Beccari (1971). This species is tropically and subtropically cosmopolitan. It was described from the Nicobar Islands. In Arabian Peninsula it is known from Oman and Yemen (Pont 1991).

Sumber: The Muscidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, descriptions of two new species, new records and updated list of species