Tongamya miranda Stuckenberg, 1966

Irwin, Michael E. & Wiegmann, Brian M., 2001, A review of the southern African genus Tongamya (Diptera: Asiloidea: Mydidae: Megascelinae), with a molecular assessment of the phylogenetic placement of Tongamya and the Megascelinae, African Invertebrates 42, pp. 225-253 : 240-241

Tongamya miranda Stuckenberg, 1966

Etiology: mirandus (L.), meaning wonderful, strange, singular. This species was named for its spectacular, unique morphology.

Type Material: Male holotype (No. 1093, NMSA) and four male paratypes from same locality ( BMNH; MRAC; USNM; NMSA) [not examined]: SOUTH AFRICA, KwaZulu-Natal, Tongaland, Ingwavuma District, Ndumu Game Reserve , rest camp (ca. 32º 17' E, 26º 55' S), 290 ft above sea level, at light trap, 1–4 December 1963, coll. B. R. & P. J. Stuckenberg.

Distribution: The material at hand extends the originally reported range of this species from KwaZulu-Natal northward to the Kruger National Park, Northern Province, South Africa ( Fig. 13).

Description: Refer to original description ( Stuckenberg 1966) for description of male, and Irwin & Stuckenberg (1972) for description of female.

Material Examined: SOUTH AFRICA, KwaZulu-Natal, 4 females, 32 km S. Ndumu Game Reserve camp [-27.2032º, +32.2481º], 29-XI-1971, hand netted, M. E. & B. J. Irwin, dry scrub forest, 100 m, ( MEI 109138, MEIC; MEI 116616, SMWN; MEI 116617, NMSA; MEI 113930, NMNH); 3 males 1 female, Meseleni Mission Station [-27.3667º, +30.5167º], XII-1981, light trap, P.E. Reavell, ( MEI 116613, MEIC; MEI 116614, NMSA; MEI 116615, NMSA; MEI 116619, NMSA); 2 females,Kosi Bay Nature Reserve [-26.9000º, +32.8667º], 30-XI-1982 to 2-XII-1982, J. G. H. Londt, D. Barraclough, B. R. Stuckenberg, open woodland, ( MEI 116618, MEIC; MEI 116620, NMSA). Northern Province, 1 male, Kruger National Park, Nyandu Bush [-22.38º, +31.22º], 3-XII-1964, Kruger National Park Survey, L. Vári & J. Potgieter, ( MEI 109137, TMSA).