Rhyncomya messoria Villeneuve, 1927

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 messoria Villeneuve, 1927

= Rhyncomya messoria Villeneuve, 1927: 25. Type locality: Congo Belge [Democratic Republic of Congo], Kilwa; South Africa, Cape of Good Hope [Western Cape]. Remarks: HT in RMCA.

= Beria erula Séguy, 1933: 68. Type locality: Oriental Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], Moulima.

Distribution

Afrotropical: Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa (Fig. 93 ), Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

Notes

Preferred environment: in Namibia, the Arid and Mesic Savannah and Desert Biomes ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Recorded elevations: no data. Seasonality: present in January, February, April, October and peaking in December, rest of the year absent. In Namibia, low numbers from May to December ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Behaviour and ecology: unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: in Namibia, hand net, pitfall, yellow pan and Malaise traps ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006). Illustrations and photographs: male habitus as in Fig. 94 . Male terminalia as in fig. 46 in Zumpt (1958).

Type material examined: R. messoria : 1? // HOLOTYPUS // COLL. MUS. CONGO / Kilwa / (Dr.: J. Bequaert.) // Rhyncomyia / Rhyncomya messoria / Typ. Villen. // Kilwa / 28- XII.11 // [RMCA ENT 000012156].

Material examined: Suppl. materials 1, 2.

Figures

Figure 93. Rhyncomya messoria occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 94. Habitus, left lateral view of Rhyncomya messoria male SAMC DIP A 011207 from South Africa; scale bar = 2 mm.