Zumba antennalis (Villeneuve, 1929)

Thomas-Cabianca, Arianna, Villet, Martin H., Martinez-Sanchez, Anabel & Rojo, Santos, 2023, South African nose flies (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Rhiniinae): taxonomy, diversity, distribution and biology, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 72764-72764 : 72764

Zumba antennalis (Villeneuve, 1929)

= Rhyncomyia antennalis Villeneuve, 1929: 185. Type locality: South West Africa [Namibia]. Remarks: LT in SAMC designated by Zumpt 1958.

= Pseudorhyncomyia deserticola Zumpt and Argo, 1978: 35. Type locality: South West Africa [Namibia], Gobabeb. Remarks: HT in NMSA.

Distribution

Afrotropical: Namibia and South Africa (Fig. 130 ).

Notes

Preferred environment: Gordonia Plains Shrubland, Olifantshoek Thornveld plains, Senegalia mellifera on red sand and the Savannah Biome. All the Namibian Biomes, but mainly present in the Desert and Succulent Karoo Biomes showing preferences for the hyper-arid regions ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Recorded elevations: 762-1245 m a.s.l. Seasonality: with low numbers between January and March and September and November, otherwise absent. In Namibia, collected year-round (except June), most abundant from November to February ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Behaviour and ecology: flower visitor on white flowers of Stoeberia Dinter and Schwantes sp., Deverra DC sp. (as Pituranthos Viv.) and roadside flowers. In Namibia, observed visiting pink flowers of the dwarf shrub Hermannia sp. ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Life cycle and developmental stages: unilarviparous (Thomas-Cabianca et al., unpublished). Collection methods: Malaise traps. In Namibia, by hand net and sweeping on flowering bush, UV-light, pitfall, pans (yellow, brown, white and blue) and Malaise traps ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Illustrations and photographs: female habitus as in Fig. 131 . Male habitus as in figs. 29-36 in Rognes (2013). Male terminalia as in fig. 64 in Zumpt (1958) and figs. 37-43 in Rognes (2013).

Type material examined: R. antennalis : 1? // Mafa / Feb. 1923 // S.W. Africa / Mus. Exped. // Rhyncomyia / Rhyncomyia antennalis / Typ. Villen. // Zumba ? / Zumba antennalis Vill. / det. Zumpt 56 // LECTO-TYPE / designated / Zumpt 1958 // [SAMC-DIP A011283]; 1? // Mafa / Feb. 1923 // S.W. Africa / Mus. Exped. // Type series // [SAMC-DIP A015172]. P. deserticola : 1? // S.W. Africa: Namib / Desert, Welwitschia / “Forest” nr Gobabeb / 3-X-1967 E. S. Ross / A. R. Stephen // slide no. 6 // Pseudorhyncomyia ? / Pseudorhyncomyia deserticola n. sp. / Zumpt & Argo 1976 // HOLOTYPUS // [NMSA-DIP 19837].

Material examined: Suppl. materials 1, 2.

Figures

Figure 130. Zumba antennalis occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 131. Habitus, left lateral view of Zumba antennalis female SAMC DIP A 015172 from Namibia; scale bar = 2 mm.