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 messoria Villeneuve, 1927 = Rhyncomya messoria Villeneuve, 1927: 25. Type locality : Congo Belge [Democratic Republic of Congo], Kilwa; South Africa, Cape of Good Hope [Western Cape]. Remarks : HT in RMCA. = Beria erula Seguy , 1933: 68. Type locality : Oriental Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique], Moulima. Distribution Afrotropical : Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa (Fig. 93 ), Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Notes Preferred environment : in Namibia, the Arid and Mesic Savannah and Desert Biomes ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006 ). Recorded elevations : no data. Seasonality : present in January, February, April, October and peaking in December, rest of the year absent. In Namibia, low numbers from May to December ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006 ). Behaviour and ecology : unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages : unknown. Collection methods : in Namibia, hand net, pitfall, yellow pan and Malaise traps ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006 ). Illustrations and photographs : male habitus as in Fig. 94 . Male terminalia as in fig. 46 in Zumpt (1958) . Type material examined : R. messoria : 1? // HOLOTYPUS // COLL. MUS. CONGO / Kilwa / (Dr.: J. Bequaert.) // Rhyncomyia / Rhyncomya messoria / Typ. Villen. // Kilwa / 28- XII.11 // [RMCA ENT 000012156]. Material examined : Suppl. materials 1, 2.