Thoracites petersiana (Loew, 1852)

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

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scientific name

Thoracites petersiana (Loew, 1852)
status

 

Thoracites petersiana (Loew, 1852)

= Ochromyia petersiana Loew, 1852: 660. Type locality: South Africa, Zululand [KwaZulu-Natal], Mtubatuba.

= Thoracites neglectus Zumpt, 1972: 49. Type locality: South Africa, Zululand [KwaZulu-Natal], Mtubatuba. Remarks: HT in NMSA.

Distribution

Afrotropical: South Africa (Fig. 125 View Figure 125 ).

Notes

Preferred environment: broad-leafed deciduous woodland forest, grassy floodplain and sand and forest. Recorded elevations: 77-98 m a.s.l. Seasonality: abundant species present in May, November and December (peaking in December). Behaviour and ecology: unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: Malaise trap. Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in Fig. 126 View Figure 126 and fig. 29d in Kurahashi (2001). Male terminalia as in fig. 2 in Zumpt (1972b).

Type material examined: T. neglectus : 1? // Holotypus // Mtubatuba / Zululand / May 1941 / H.K. Munro // slide no. 95 // Thoracites / Thoracites neglectus n. sp. / Zumpt 1972 // [NMSA-DIP 019669].

Material examined: Suppl. material 1.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Rhiniidae

Genus

Thoracites

Loc

Thoracites petersiana (Loew, 1852)

Thomas-Cabianca, Arianna, Villet, Martin H., Martinez-Sanchez, Anabel & Rojo, Santos 2023
2023
Loc

= Thoracites neglectus

Zumpt 1972
1972
Loc

= Ochromyia petersiana

Loew 1852
1852