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Issue: Vol. 4425 No. 2: 30 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.2.9
Page range: 342–356
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 2

A key to males of Atherigona s. str. (Diptera: Muscidae) from Mali, with new records and a new species for the country

The National Museum, P.O. Box 266, Bloemfontein, 9300 South Africa.
The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978 Israel, and School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P. Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209 South Africa.
Diptera Muscidae Atherigona shoot flies Afrotropical new species identification key

Abstract

Sixteen species have been found in Malaise traps and fogging samples from Kéniéroba and Ouronina, SW Mali. One new species, Atherigona kenierobaensis sp. nov., is described; A. budongoana, A. laevigata, A. lineata torrida, A. mirabilis aratra, and A. nigrapicalis are newly recorded for Mali; this brings the total number of species known from the country to 30. An illustrated identification key for Malian Atherigona species is provided.

 

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