Isomyia pubera (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 pubera (Villeneuve, 1917)

= Thelychaeta pubera Villeneuve, 1917: 340. Type locality: British East Africa [Kenya], Eldoret; South Africa, Kloof [Durban]; North-West Tanganyka [Tanzania]; Uganda, Entebbe.

= Thelychaeta jactatrix Villeneuve, 1917: 343. Type locality: Belgian Congo [Democratic Republic of Congo], Stanleyville [Kisangani].

= Thelychaeta villeneuvei Curran, 1927: 3. Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo [Belgian Congo], Stanleyville [Kisangani].

= Strongyloneura cupreithorax Curran, 1931: 1. Type locality: South Africa, Transvaal [Gauteng], Pretoria, Barberton.

Distribution

Afrotropical: Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, South Africa (Fig. 59 ), Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Notes

Preferred environment: no data. Recorded elevations: 1450-1981 m a.s.l. Seasonality: present almost all year, peaking in September, absent in April, May, June and August with low numbers in other months. Behaviour and ecology: Villeneuve (1917) reported that the unique female used for the description of I. jactatrix was captured by a Bembex sp. at Stanleyville, Democratic Republic of Congo, collected by Bequaert, M.J. iii.1915. Another specimen of I. pubera was also recorded as "taken from Bembex " in the same region and date, but collected by Lang and Chapin. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: Malaise traps. Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in Fig. 60 . Male terminalia as in fig. 3 in Zumpt (1958).

Type material examined: T. pubera : 1? LT // Kloff / 16.xii.14 / H.W. Bell-Marley // S.A.M. // Type // Lectotype // Thelychaeta / Thelychaeta pubera n. sp / Det. Villeneuve // Isomyia / Isomyia pubera Ville. / Vid. Zumpt 56 // slide no 39 // Slide SAM: 33B10 // [SAMC DIP A011150].

Material examined: Suppl. material 1.

Figures

Figure 59. Isomyia pubera occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 60. Habitus, left lateral view of Isomyia pubera male SAMC DIP A 011150 LT from South Africa; scale bar = 2 mm.