New records of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from South Africa, with description of a new species and hitherto unknown males
Author
Mostovski, Mike B.
text
African Invertebrates
2004
2004-12-31
45
125
125
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.7664759
2305-2562
7664759
Veranophora medleri
(
Disney, 1981
)
Auxanommatidia medleri
Disney, 1981: 323
, figs 1–7. (
Type
locality:
Nigeria
)
Veranophora medleri
: Disney 2003: 173
, figs 2–4.
Material
examined:
SOUTH AFRICA
:
KwaZuluNatal
:
1^,
6 miles
S of Pongola
,
6.vi.1967
, ‘Govn. Ent.’ (
PPRI
); 1
_
,
Ramsgate
,
Butterfly Sanctuary
(
30º53.3'S
:
30º20.4'E
),
6.vi–9.vii.2004
,
Malaise trap
, near stream,
M. Mostovski
(
NMSA
)
.
Distribution: This species had been originally described from
Nigeria
and
Senegal
and subsequently found in
Yemen
and
Zimbabwe
(Disney 2003). This is the first record of this species in
South Africa
.