Thoracites petersiana (Loew, 1852)

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

Thoracites petersiana (Loew, 1852)

= Ochromyia petersiana Loew, 1852: 660. Type locality: South Africa, Zululand [KwaZulu-Natal], Mtubatuba.

= Thoracites neglectus Zumpt, 1972: 49. Type locality: South Africa, Zululand [KwaZulu-Natal], Mtubatuba. Remarks: HT in NMSA.

Distribution

Afrotropical: South Africa (Fig. 125 ).

Notes

Preferred environment: broad-leafed deciduous woodland forest, grassy floodplain and sand and forest. Recorded elevations: 77-98 m a.s.l. Seasonality: abundant species present in May, November and December (peaking in December). Behaviour and ecology: unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: Malaise trap. Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in Fig. 126 and fig. 29d in Kurahashi (2001). Male terminalia as in fig. 2 in Zumpt (1972b).

Type material examined: T. neglectus : 1? // Holotypus // Mtubatuba / Zululand / May 1941 / H.K. Munro // slide no. 95 // Thoracites / Thoracites neglectus n. sp. / Zumpt 1972 // [NMSA-DIP 019669].

Material examined: Suppl. material 1.

Figures

Figure 125. Thoracites petersiana occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 126. Habitus, left lateral view of Thoracites petersiana male NMSA DIP 19669 HT of T. neglectus from South Africa (without terminalia); scale bar = 2 mm.