Stomorhina apta Curran, 1931

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

Stomorhina apta Curran, 1931

= Stomorhina apta Curran, 1931: 17. Type locality: Kenya Colony [Kenya], S. Masai Reserve [Maasai Mara National Reserve].

Distribution

Afrotropical: Burundi*, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa* (Fig. 11 ) and Uganda.

Notes

Preferred environment: associated with different environments, including: indigenous afromontane forest, indigenous mixed afromontane forest, indigenous forest, forest at the stream edge and Fynbos. In Burundi, it was associated with indigenous Afromontane forest and cloud forest. Recorded elevations: 30-1186 m a.s.l. Seasonality: uncommon species, most abundant in January with four specimens and present in September, November, December and April. The rest of the year it was absent. Behaviour and ecology: unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: unknown. Illustrations and photographs: female habitus as in Fig. 12 . Male terminalia as in fig. 29 in Zumpt (1958).

Material examined: Suppl. materials 2, 1.

Figures

Figure 11. Stomorhina apta occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 12. Habitus, left lateral view of Stomorhina apta female BMSA DIP 24761 from Burundi; scale bar = 2 mm.