Anypodetus phalaros Londt, 2000

Figs 46-48, 52

Taxon depository.

ZooBank: https://zoobank.org/C3B681A5-8D4C-4B27-8F74-6948971007E7;

GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/1664907;

Plazi TreatmentBank: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B39D2F-F047-9D42-FF58-FDC4D9C946C7;

iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/650537-Anypodetus-phalaros.

Diagnosis.

The species is distinguished from congeners by the unique mystax with regular brown setae medially and white, dorso-ventrally flattened setae laterally in both males and females.

Type locality.

South Africa: Limpopo: Louis Trichardt, 37 km N, Limpopo Valley (22°35'31"S, 029°54'24"E, -22.59194, 29.90667).

Material examined.

Namibia - Karas • 1♀ Brucharos (= Brukkaros); 25°52'00"S, 017°48'00"E; 06 Mar. 1972; Brown, H., Koster, E., Wessels, D. leg.; Paratype, SANC .

South Africa - Limpopo • 1♂ Louis Trichardt, 37 km N, Limpopo Valley; 22°35'31"S, 029°54'24"E; Jan. 1975; Stuckenberg, Brian leg.; arid bushveld; NAMS-DIP-073587, Holotype, NMSA • 1♀ same data; NMSA-DIP-009034, Paratype, NMSA .

Distribution, biodiversity hotspots, seasonal imago flight activity, and biology.

Known only from north-eastern South Africa, southern Botswana, and south-central Namibia (Fig. 52). A rarely observed and collected species known from three specimens from three collecting events between 1972-1975 and a single observation at iNaturalist in 2015 (Table 2). The species is not known to occur in any currently recognized biodiversity hotspot. Adult flies are active in summer (January and March) (Table 3). The iNaturalist observation (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11107350) indicates that this species perches on the ground. Other than that, nothing is known of the biology.