Cosmina aenea (Fabricius, 1805)

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

Cosmina aenea (Fabricius, 1805)

= Dictya aenea Fabricius, 1805: 328. Type locality: "Guinea" Krieger, [Ghana, Teshi. Remarks: type-serie in ZMUC.

= Idia seriepunctata Loew, 1852: 660 [1864:32]. Type locality: Mozambique, Inhambane.

= Cosmina despressa Karsch, 1888: 377. Type locality: Tanganyika [Tanzania], Usambara.

= Cosmina punctulata var. microps Malloch, 1926: 518. Type locality: Gold Coast [Ghana], N. territories [North East Region], Yapi.

Distribution

Afrotropical: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire*, Kenya*, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia*, Nigeria, South Africa (Fig. 27 ), Tanzania and Zimbabwe, "Ghana or Togo"*. Palaearctic: Saudi Arabia.

Notes

Preferred environment: forest, open woodlands areas, woodland savannah, grasslands, coastal grassland, open mixed grassland, mixed dune woodland and bushveld near to a river (close to Nylstroom in Limpopo Province). In Namibia, the species was associated with the Kwanso River floodplain, in Kenya to Ngorowa Gorge/Stream and Lukenya cliffs/bushveld and in Malawi, to the Acacia woodland. Recorded elevations: 24-1219 m a.s.l. Seasonality: highest abundance in November and March and lowest between April and October (absent in July). Behaviour and ecology: unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: sweeping net and Malaise trap. Hand net in Mozambique and Malaise trap in Namibia. Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in Fig. 28 . Male terminalia as in fig. 20 in Zumpt (1958).

Material examined: Suppl. materials 1, 2.

Figures

Figure 27. Cosmina aenea occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 28. Habitus, left lateral view of Cosmina aenea male BMSA DIP 31129 from South Africa; scale bar = 2 mm.