Rhyncomya peraequa Villeneuve, 1929

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 peraequa Villeneuve, 1929

= Rhyncomya peraequa Villeneuve, 1929: 186. Type locality: South Africa, Transvaal [Mpumalanga], Barberton. Remarks: HT in SAMC.

Distribution

Afrotropical: Angola, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa (Fig. 103 ), Tanzania and Uganda.

Notes

Preferred environment: all Namibian biomes, except desert ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Recorded elevations: no data. Seasonality: only one specimen in December. In Namibia, most abundant in November and absent in February and March ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Behaviour and ecology: unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: in Namibia with yellow pan, pitfall and Malaise traps and attracted to UV-light ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in Fig. 104 . Male terminalia as in fig. 2 in Zumpt (1974).

Type material examined: R. peraequa : 1? // Type // Barberton / Transvaal / H Edwards // Dec / 1911 // Type // Rhyncomyia / Rhyncomya peraequa / Type Villen //[SAMC DIP A011223].

Material examined: Suppl. materials 1, 2.

Figures

Figure 103. Rhyncomya peraequa occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 104. Habitus, left lateral view of Rhyncomya peraequa male SAMC DIP A 011223 HT from South Africa; scale bar = 2 mm.