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 longicauda (Villeneuve, 1917) = Thelychaeta longicauda Villeneuve, 1917: 350. Type locality : South Africa, East London [Eastern Cape]; N. W. Tanganika [Decomocratic Republic of Congo]. Remarks : PT in SAMC. Distribution Afrotropical : Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa (Fig. 53 ),?Sudan (as Anglo-Egyptian Sudan), Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Notes Preferred environment : savannah/grassland, mist-belt mixed forest, grass and forest edges and river stream. In Malawi, in grassland and forest edges. Recorded elevations : 1100-1350 m a.s.l. In Burundi, between 1800 and 2000 m a.s.l. ( Peris 1952b ). Seasonality : recorded in low numbers, with highest abundance (three specimens) in January and absent in February, April, May and October. Behaviour and ecology : unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages : unknown. Collection methods : Malaise and pan traps. Illustrations and photographs : female habitus as in Fig. 54 . Male terminalia as in fig. 18 in Zumpt (1958) . Type material examined : T. longicauda : 1? // Paratype // E. London / Lightfoot / July 1914 // S.A.M // Thelychaeta / Thelychaeta longicauda / Det. Villeneuve // [SAMC DIP A011144]. Material examined : Suppl. materials 1, 2.