Trichoberia lanata (Villeneuve, 1920)

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

Trichoberia lanata (Villeneuve, 1920)

= Rhyncomya lanata Villeneuve, 1920: 162. Type locality: Congo Belge [Democratic Republic of Congo].

= Trichoberia rufopilosa Townsend, 1933: 440. Type locality: Guinea.

Distribution

Afrotropical: Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Malawi, South Africa* (Fig. 128 ), Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Notes

Preferred environment: forest and open woodland areas. Recorded elevations: no data. Seasonality: three males between September and October. Behaviour and ecology: unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: unknown. Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in Fig. 129 and figs. 65a, b, d in Zumpt (1958). Male terminalia as in fig. 65c in Zumpt (1958).

Material examined: Suppl. material 1.

Figures

Figure 128. Trichoberia lanata occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 129. Habitus, left lateral view of Trichoberia lanata male NMSA DIP 19721 from South Africa; scale bar = 2 mm.