Atherigona (Atherigona) laevigata

Atherigona (Atherigona) laevigata (Loew, 1852) Coenosia laevigata Loew, 1852: 660 [1862: 28]. Atherigona laevigata: Emden 1940: 113, figs 6, 56; Deeming 1971: 148, figs 13–18; Clearwater 1981: 308, figs 9, 10; Deeming 1987: 18; Deeming & Overman 1987: 117; Pont 1991: 341; Dike 2003: 220 (distribution); Muller 2015: 877, fig. 7; Muller & Mostovski 2018: 350, fig. 6; Deeming 2019b: 91; Deeming 2022: 127; Magoai & Muller 2024: 54, fig. 8. Atherigona scutellaris Stein, in Becker 1903: 110. Atherigona minuta Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911: 183. Previous records: Noachabeb, 27 miles NNE of Grunau; Kunene Mouth; 17°16'S, 11°47'E; Rundu, Kavango Lodge; 17°54'43''S, 19°45'33''E; Ekuju village, Kunene River; 17°19'30''S, 13°48'56''E (Deeming 2022: 127). Material examined: 2♀, 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♀, Opuwo District, Ekuju village: Kunene River, 17°19'30''S, 13°48'56''E, 11–12.x.1999, [A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs, [T.] Pape & [W.] Hauwanga, Malaise trap, riverine forest; 2♂, Skeleton Coast Park, Kunene Mouth, 17°16'S, 11°47'E, 20–22.iv.1994, E. Marais (all NMNW); 2♂, Noachabeb, 27 miles NNE Grunau, 10–12.i.1972, British Museum (Natural History) Southern Africa Expedition 1972 (both NHMUK). Distribution: (Afrotropical): Angola, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates; Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe; (Palaearctic): Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Palestine and Saudi Arabia. Host-plants: Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. and Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (both Poaceae).