Thoracites kirkspriggsi Kurahashi, 2001

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 kirkspriggsi Kurahashi, 2001

= Thoracites kirkspriggsi Kurahashi, 2001: 146. Type locality: Namibia, Rundo District.

Distribution

Afrotropical: Namibia and South Africa* (Fig. 124 ).

Notes

Preferred environment: in Namibia, apparently restricted to the Arid and Mesic Savannah Biomes (Kurahashi 2001; Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Recorded elevations: no data. Seasonality: a single specimen was collected in September. In Namibia, abundant species, most abundant from December to March, absent in June ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Behaviour and ecology: unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: preservative trap. In Namibia, swept and hand net, UV-Light, Malaise, preservative, pitfall, baited with dead millipede and yellow, blue and white pan traps (Kurahashi 2001, Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in fig. 30a in Kurahashi (2001). Male terminalia as in figs. 5-10 in Kurahashi (2001).

Material examined: Suppl. materials 1, 2.

Figures

Figure 124. Thoracites kirkspriggsi occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.