Fainia elongata (Bezzi, 1908)
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Fainia elongata (Bezzi, 1908) View in CoL
= Stomatorrhina elongata Bezzi, 1908: 38. Type locality: Bas-Congo [= Democratic Republic of Congo].
= Idiella major Malloch, 1926: 510. Type locality: Sierra Leone, Masimera to Yonnibanna.
Distribution
Afrotropical: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia,?Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa (Fig. 3 View Figure 3 ), Sudan (reported as Sudan Anglo-Egyptian), Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Notes
Preferred environment: in Namibia, apparently restricted to the Arid and Mesic Savannah Biomes ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Recorded elevations: no data. Seasonality: A single specimen was collected in April. In Namibia, recorded in low numbers in December, February and March ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Behaviour and ecology: unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: light traps. In Namibia, it was attracted in low numbers to rotten fish in baited traps ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Most often collected with Malaise traps in Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo. Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in Fig. 4 View Figure 4 and figs. 8A-K in Thomas-Cabianca et al. (2021). Male terminalia as in fig. 7 in Peris (1952b), fig. 28 in Zumpt (1958) and figs. 9A-G in Thomas-Cabianca et al. (2021).
Material examined: Suppl. materials 1, 2.
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