Rhyncomya paradoxa Zumpt, 1958

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Rhyncomya paradoxa Zumpt, 1958

= Rhyncomya paradoxa Zumpt, 1958: 159. Type locality: South Africa, Cape Province [Eastern Cape], Resolution, Albany District. Remarks: HT in NMSA, PTs in SAMC and SANC at ARC.

Distribution

Afrotropical: South Africa (Fig. 99 ).

Notes

Preferred environment: no data. Recorded elevations: 958 m a.s.l. Seasonality: low numbers, present only in February, March, June and December. Behaviour and ecology: two males were collected from a nest of Dasyproctus braunsii and Dasyproctus ?nificanidis ( Hymenoptera ). Life cycle and developmental stages: unknown. Collection methods: unknown. Illustrations and photography: male habitus as in Fig. 100 . Male terminalia as in fig. 50c in Zumpt (1958).

Type material examined: R. paradoxa : 1? //Holotype // Resolution / Albany District / 21.ii.1928 / A. Walton // slide no. 88 // [NMSA-DIP 20008] - NMSA Type 2077. 1? // Garies / Namaqualand // Museum Staff /June 1930 // slide no. 89 // PARATYPE // Rhyncomyia ? / Rhyncomya paradoxa n.sp. / Zumpt, 1956 // Slide number / SAM 4A9 // [SAM-DIP A011222]. 1? // Uitenhage / De Hoek / 1x.3.19 / H.K. Munro // PARATYPE // slide no.60 // Rhyncomyia ? / Rhyncomya paradoxa n. sp / det. Zumpt 56 // SANC-Pretoria / Database No. / DIPT00302 // "Slide not available in the collection".

Material examined: Suppl. material 1.

Figures

Figure 99. Rhyncomya paradoxa occurrence map in South Africa, including eSwatini (eSw) and Lesotho (Le); horizontal axis longitude east and vertical axis latitude south.

Figure 100. Habitus, left lateral view of Rhyncomya paradoxa male SANC 00302 PT from South Africa (without terminalia); scale bar = 2 mm.