Rhinia coxendix (Villeneuve, 1915)

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

Rhinia coxendix (Villeneuve, 1915)

= Idia coxendix Villeneuve, 1915: 204. Type locality: South Africa, Cap [= Cape Province].

= Rhinia pallidula Curran, 1927: 1. Type locality: Belgian Congo, Haut-Congo [Democratic Republic of Congo], Stanleyville [Kisangani].

Distribution

Afrotropical: Angola*, Burundi*, Cameroon,?Cosmoledo Island (Seychelles), Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa (Fig. 7 ), Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe*.

Notes

Preferred environment: associated with dune forest, coast scarp forest and coastal bush. In Democratic Republic of Congo, it was reported in lowland evergreen swamp forest. Recorded elevations: 50-1400 m a.s.l. Seasonality: uncommon species with highest numbers observed between January and February. No records in June, August and November; the rest of the year only one or two specimens per month. Behaviour and ecology: one specimen was collected inside the nest a Sphex tormentosus Fabricius ( Hymenoptera ). Collection methods: Malaise traps. In Democratic Republic of Congo, collected with Malaise traps and in Tanzania, with hand net. Life cycle and developmental stages: oviparous; immature stages and life history unknown. Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in Fig. 8 . Male terminalia as in fig. 37 in Zumpt (1958).

Material examined: Suppl. materials 1, 2.

Figures

Figure 7. Rhinia coxendix occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 8. Habitus, left lateral view of Rhinia coxendix male NMSA from South Africa; scale bar = 2 mm.