Stegosoma wellmani (Lichtwardt, 1908)

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 wellmani (Lichtwardt, 1908)

= Rhynchomyia wellmani Lichtwardt, 1908: 338. Type locality: Angola, Benguella.

Distribution

Afrotropical: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic*, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa (Fig. 121 ), Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Notes

Preferred environment: in Democratic Republic of Congo, in lowland evergreen swamp forest. Recorded elevations: no data. Seasonality: recorded in January, February and April, absent the rest of the year. Behaviour and ecology: collected at Microtermes Wasmann nest in Kenya and ovipositing in opened mound of Macrotermes Holmgren in Ghana. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: in Democratic Republic of Congo, with Malaise trap. Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in Fig. 122 . Male terminalia unknown.

Material examined: Suppl. materials 1, 2.

Figures

Figure 121. Stegosoma wellmani occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 122. Habitus, left lateral view of Stegosoma wellmani male BMSA DIP (BECE) 02553 from Kenya; scale bar = 2 mm.