Isomyia distinguenda (Villeneuve, 1917)

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

Isomyia distinguenda (Villeneuve, 1917)

= Thelychaeta distinguenda Villeneuve, 1917: 352. Type locality: Congo Belge [Democratic Republic of Congo], Elisabethville [Lubumbashi] and Kundelungu; l'Afrique Orientale anglaise [Kenya], Nairobi.

Distribution

Afrotropical: Burundi Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique*, South Africa (Fig. 47 ), Togo*, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Notes

Preferred environment: sand, forest and broad-leafed deciduous forest and woodland. Vegetated stream-bed in Togo. Recorded elevations: no data. Seasonality: highest abundance between November and January, rest of the year generally absent or only one specimen per month. Behaviour and ecology: unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: Malaise traps. In Togo, Malaise trap. Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in Fig. 48 . Male terminalia as in fig. 15 in Zumpt (1958).

Material examined: Suppl. materials 1, 2.

Figures

Figure 47. Isomyia distinguenda occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 48. Habitus, left lateral view of Isomyia distinguenda male BMSA DIP 13696 from South Africa; scale bar = 2 mm.