Rhyncomya bicolor (Macquart, 1843)

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

Rhyncomya bicolor (Macquart, 1843)

= Idia bicolor Macquart, 1844: 124. Type locality: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope [Western Cape]. Remarks: HT in NHMUK.

= Rhyncomya crinicauda Villeneuve, 1927: 22. Type locality: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope [Western Cape]. Remarks: HT in SAMC.

Distribution

Afrotropical: Namibia and South Africa (Fig. 67 ).

Notes

Preferred environment: sand dunes. In Namibia, the Arid Savannah Biome ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Recorded elevations: 300 m a.s.l. Seasonality: low numbers between January and March and September and October, absent the rest of the year. In Namibia, a single specimen recorded between January and February ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Behaviour and ecology: unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: pitfall trap in Namibia ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Illustrations and photography: male habitus as in Fig. 68 . Male terminalia as in fig. 51 in Zumpt (1958).

Type material examined: I. bicolor : 1? // Holo-type // Idia / Idia bicolor / n. sp. // S. Bicolor / Idia . iv. Macq / C. B. Sp. / J. Bigot // [NHMUK 010832205]. B. crinicaudata : 1? // Stellenbush / 9.86 // Holotypus // Beria / Beria crinicaudata / n. sp. // Beria crinicaudata / type Villen. // slide no. 6 // Slide / SAM: / 33B12 // [SAM-DIP A011181].

Material examined: Suppl. material 1.

Figures

Figure 67. Rhyncomya bicolor occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 68. Habitus, left lateral view of Rhyncomya bicolor SAMC DIP A 011180 (male without terminalia); scale bar = 2 mm.