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 peraequa Villeneuve, 1929 = Rhyncomya peraequa Villeneuve, 1929: 186. Type locality : South Africa, Transvaal [Mpumalanga], Barberton. Remarks : HT in SAMC. Distribution Afrotropical : Angola, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa (Fig. 103 ), Tanzania and Uganda. Notes Preferred environment : all Namibian biomes, except desert ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006 ). Recorded elevations : no data. Seasonality : only one specimen in December. In Namibia, most abundant in November and absent in February and March ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006 ). Behaviour and ecology : unknown. Life cycle and developmental stages : unknown. Collection methods : in Namibia with yellow pan, pitfall and Malaise traps and attracted to UV-light ( Kurahashi and Kirk-Spriggs 2006 ). Illustrations and photographs : male habitus as in Fig. 104 . Male terminalia as in fig. 2 in Zumpt (1974) . Type material examined : R. peraequa : 1? // Type // Barberton / Transvaal / H Edwards // Dec / 1911 // Type // Rhyncomyia / Rhyncomya peraequa / Type Villen //[SAMC DIP A011223]. Material examined : Suppl. materials 1, 2.