South African nose flies (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Rhiniinae): taxonomy, diversity, distribution and biology Author Thomas-Cabianca, Arianna https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2126-6222 Department of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Alicante, E- 03080, Alicante, Spain athomasbio@gmail.com Author Villet, Martin H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4335-5667 Rhodes University, Southern African Forensic Entomology Research Laboratory, Grahamstown, South Africa Author Martinez-Sanchez, Anabel Department of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Alicante, E- 03080, Alicante, Spain Author Rojo, Santos https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2160-9643 Department of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Alicante, E- 03080, Alicante, Spain text Biodiversity Data Journal 2023 2023-01-13 11 72764 72764 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e72764 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e72764 1314-2828-11-e72764 483CCF09D3A05B029A3B4B4A30E4CB79 Isomyia deserti (Karsch, 1888) = Somomyia deserti Karsch, 1888: 378. Type locality : [Tanzania]. = Thelychaeta versipellis Villeneuve, 1917: 344. Type locality : Congo Belge [Democratic Republic of Congo], Kilimbi and Sankisia; Nyasaland [Malawi], Mt. Mlanje; Mozambique; South Africa. Remarks : PT in SAMC. Distribution Afrotropical :?Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa (Fig. 45 ), Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Notes Preferred environment : dune vegetation and beach environment. Apparently restricted to the Arid and Mesic Savannah Biome in Namibia ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006 ). Recorded elevations : no data. Seasonality : present from December to March, May and June and absent in other months. Behaviour and ecology : collected on flowers in Zimbabwe. Life cycle and developmental stages : unknown. Collection methods : In Namibia, collected by hand net and Malaise and yellow pans traps ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006 ). Illustrations and photographs : male habitus as in Fig. 46 . Male terminalia as in fig. 16 in Zumpt (1958) . Type material examined : T. versipellis : 1? / Marley / Kloof Natal/ 2-1915 // 359 // Thelychaeta / Thelychaeta versipellis Ville. // Paratype // [SAMC DIP A011140]. Remarks : with head glued on a card. Material examined : Suppl. materials 1, 2.