Rhyncomya trispina 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 trispina Villeneuve, 1929

= Rhyncomya trispina Villeneuve, 1929: 62. Type locality: Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], Bulawayo. Remarks: HT in NHMUK.

Distribution

Afrotropical: Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo*, Kenya,?Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa (Fig. 111 ) and Zimbabwe.

Notes

Preferred environment: broad-leafed deciduous woodland and dry scrub forest and to Acacia thornveld, Kwando river floodplain and the Miombo and mopane woodlands. In Namibia, degraded sand forest and cultivated plots. Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs (2006) reported it as restricted to the Arid and Mesic Savannah Biomes. Recorded elevations: 98-1095 m a.s.l. Seasonality: only present in April, May, July and peaking in November. In Namibia, most abundant in December and April ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Behaviour and ecology: in Namibia, collected feeding on fresh African elephant ( Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach)) dung ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: Malaise traps. In Zimbabwe, Malaise traps. In Namibia, yellow and blue pans, pitfall and Malaise traps, UV-light, hanging traps baited with fermented fruit and also sweeping ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in Fig. 112 . Male terminalia as in fig. 59 in Zumpt (1958).

Type material examined: R. trispina : 1? // Holo- / type // Bulawayo / S. Rhodesia / 25.ix.1923 / Coll. R. Stevenson // Pres. by / Com. Inst. Ent. / B.M. 1955-504 // Rhyncomyia / Rhyncomya trispina / type Villen. // [NHMUK 010832199].

Material examined: Suppl. materials 1, 2.

Figures

Figure 111. Rhyncomya trispina occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 112. Habitus, left lateral view of Rhyncomya trispina male BMSA DIP 33393 from Namibia; scale bar = 2 mm.