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 Thoracites sarcophagoides Kurahashi, 2001 = Thoracites sarcophagoides Kurahashi, 2001: 155. Type locality : Namibia, West Caprivi PK, Kwando River. Distribution Afrotropical : Namibia and South Africa* (Fig. 127 ). Notes Preferred environment : Gordonia Plains Schrubland, Senegalia mellifera (as Acacia ) on red sand in the Savannah Biome. Recorded elevations : 1035 m a.s.l. Seasonality : only one specimen between September and November. In Namibia, recorded year-round, most abundant from December to February and September (Kurahashi 2001, Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006 ). Behaviour and ecology : unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages : unknown. Collection methods : Malaise traps. In Namibia, by hand net, pitfall, pan (yellow, white, blue, brown and orange) and Malaise traps and in fresh African elephant dung (Kurahashi 2001, Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006 ). Illustrations and photography : male habitus as in fig. 30b in Kurahashi (2001) . Male terminalia as in figs. 23-28 in Kurahashi (2001) . Material examined : Suppl. material 1.