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
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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
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Stegosoma wellmani (Lichtwardt, 1908)
= Rhynchomyia wellmani
Lichtwardt, 1908: 338.
Type locality
: Angola, Benguella.
Distribution
Afrotropical
: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic*, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa (Fig.
121
), Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Notes
Preferred environment
: in Democratic Republic of Congo, in lowland evergreen swamp forest.
Recorded elevations
: no data.
Seasonality
: recorded in January, February and April, absent the rest of the year.
Behaviour and ecology
: collected at
Microtermes
Wasmann nest in Kenya and ovipositing in opened mound of
Macrotermes
Holmgren in Ghana.
Life cycle and developmental stages
: unknown.
Collection methods
: in Democratic Republic of Congo, with Malaise trap.
Illustrations and photographs
: male habitus as in Fig.
122
. Male terminalia unknown.
Material examined
: Suppl. materials 1, 2.