Meromyzella capensis ( Loew, 1860 )

Deeming, John C., 2018, A revision of the Afrotropical species of Pachylophus Loew (Diptera: Chloropidae) and some related Ovoviviparous genera, Zootaxa 4482 (1), pp. 1-51 : 32

Meromyzella capensis ( Loew, 1860)

Meromyza capensis Loew, 1860: 96

Described from South Africa and wide-ranging in Africa north to Chad, the Sudan and Ethiopia.

Further material: 8♂ 18♀, GAMBIA: W. Div., Lamin Bridge, near Lamin Bolan, tidal waterway, on young rice, 2.ix.1997, D.J. Mann ( OUM); 1♀, W. Div., Abuko, on mature rice, 24.ix.1993, J.C. Deeming & K.E. Shaw; 1♀, Abuko Forest Reserve, 25.ix.1993, C.E. Dyte; 1♂ 1♀, Jibanack, rice field, 21.i.1975, collector unknown; 1♀, N. NIGERIA: Zaria, Samaru, 17.vi.1970, J.C. Deeming; 4♀, Bauchi, pond, 1–12.iv.1990, J.C. Deeming; 2♂, KENYA: Kikuyu, marsh, 17.iv.1983, K. A. Spencer; 17 ex. Kasarani, 10–11.viii.1989, J.W. Ismay; long series of both sexes Kisumu, c. 1000m, rice plot in marshland, 27.x.2004, M.R. Wilson; 2♂ 1♀, MALAWI: Lake Malombe, Nkungulu, 25.x.1983, A. Freidberg; 2♂, ZAMBIA: Kafue River, xii.1995, J. Pollock ( NMWC); 1♀ NAMIBIA: W. Caprivi Park, Kwando River, swept from floating grasses and vegetation, 15.xii.1999, Mann, Marais & Newman (all in NMWC); 2♂ 1♀, East Caprivi, Namili MP, Liadura, Linyanti, 11.iii.1992, U. Göllner ( HUB); 1♂, S. AFRICA: Natal, Oribi Gorge N. Res., 10.x.1983, A. Freidberg ( NMWC). Additional material (von Tschirnhaus pers. comm.): large samples from Cameroun (leg. F. Menzel), Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Togo (all leg. von Tschirnhaus), were identified by the latter. On an average males are in the minority in the rate of 1: 1.40 as exemplified by one sample: 226♂ 304♀, ETHIOPIA: Province Shewa, river Awash Wenz, 10km NW Melkasa, 8°26'54''N 39°15'00''E, 1547m a.s.l., river bank with Cyperaceae and grass, 15.iii.1995, M. von Tschirnhaus ( ZSM).