Stegosoma bowdeni Peris, 1951

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

Stegosoma bowdeni Peris, 1951

= Stegosoma bowdeni Peris, 1951: 239. Type locality: Golden Coast [Ghana], Mampong. Remarks: HT and PT in NHMUK and PTs in NMSA.

Distribution

Afrotropical: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya*, Nigeria, South Africa (Fig. 117 ), Tanzania and Togo*.

Notes

Preferred environment: in Togo, vegetated stream-bed and lowland evergreen secondary forest. Recorded elevations: no data. Seasonality: recorded in February, October and December. Behaviour and ecology: Peris (1952a) reported S. bowdeni with Nasutitermes Banks in Nigeria and that it was attracted to open termite nests in South Africa. In Ghana, females were observed ovipositing in an open mount of Macrotermes Holmgren. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: in Togo, with Malaise traps. Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in Fig. 118 . Male terminalia unknown.

Type material examined: S. bowdeni : 1? // Holotype // GOLD COAST / Mampong / (Ashanti) / 12.iv.1947 / J. Bowden // Stegosoma / Stegosoma bowdeni / n.sp. / S-V. Peris 1948 // [NHMUK]. 5 ?? // GOLD COAST / Mampong / (Ashanti) / 12.iv.1947 / J. Bowden / 451/47 // Ovipositing in / opened mount /of macrotermes // NB Par-of / onqunalantes: / presumably rank as / Paratypes J.B. // Stegosoma / Stegosoma bowdeni / n.sp. / S-V. Peris 1948 // [NMSA DIP 019516].

Material examined: Suppl. materials 1, 2.

Figures

Figure 117. Stegosoma bowdeni occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 118. Habitus, left lateral view of Stegosoma bowdeni male BMSA DIP 84384 from Togo; scale bar = 2 mm.