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 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.