Atherigona laevigata (Loew, 1852) Fig. 8 Coenosia laevigata Loew, 1852: 660. Atherigona laevigata: Van Emden 1940: 113, figs 6, 56; Deeming 1971: 148, figs 13–18; Pont 1991: 341; Muller 2015: 877, fig. 7, Muller and Mostovski 2018: 350, fig. 6, Deeming 2022: 127. Atherigona scutellaris Stein in Becker 1903: 110. Atherigona minuta Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911: 183. Material examined. Lesotho • 1 ♂; Mamathes [Masupha], Basutoland; [29 ° 8.000 ' S, 27 ° 51.000 ' E]; 16 May 1948; C. Jacot Guillarmod leg. 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) 05529 • 1 ♂; KwaZulu-Natal, Ndumo Game Reserve, Shokwe area at: 26 ° 52.125 ' S, 32 ° 13.731 ' E; 30 Nov. – 4 Dec. 2009; A. H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; Malaise traps, Ficus forest; BMSA (D) 15826. Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other Afrotropical species by its glossy frontal plate and infuscated frontal vitta with apical third yellow in combination with a knoblike hypopygial prominence (Fig. 8). Distribution. AFROTROPICAL – Angola, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho (new record), Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. PALAEARCTIC – Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen.

Published as part of Magoai, Mokome M. J. & Muller, Burgert S., 2024, The first record of Atherigona from Lesotho (Diptera, Muscidae), with description of a new species, pp. 49-60 in African Invertebrates 65 (2) on pages 49-60, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.131744