Spheginobaccha rotundiceps ( Loew, 1858 )

Thompson, F. Christian & Hauser, Martin, 2015, In honor of Brian Stuckenberg: Two new Spheginobaccha species of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Afrotropics, African Invertebrates 56 (3), pp. 769-769 : 774

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.056.0318

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scientific name

Spheginobaccha rotundiceps ( Loew, 1858 )
status

 

Spheginobaccha rotundiceps ( Loew, 1858) View in CoL

Ocyptamus rotundiceps: Loew 1858: 376 View in CoL ;

Spheginobaccha rotundiceps: Thompson 1974: 276 View in CoL (see also for complete synonymy).

This species was originally described from “Caffrerei,” and known from only 3 specimens (Thompson 1974: 278). We examined 7 additional specimens collected from South Africa .

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: Royal Natal National Park, Thendale , 28°42.378'S 28°56.083'E, Leucosedea dominated scrub, 1600 m, 15–17.ii.2010, A. H. Kirk-Spriggs (4 ♂ 1 ♀ BMSA, 1♂ USNM); 1♀ Tiger Falls area , 28°41.341'S 28°56.047'E, Protea caffra woodland, 1545 m, 17–18.ii.2010, A. H. Kirk-Spriggs ( BMSA) GoogleMaps .

LOEW, H. 1858 [1857]. Bidrag till kannedomen om Afrikas Diptera [part]. Ofversig af Kongliga Vetenskapsakademiens forhandlingar 14: 337 - 383.

BMSA

National Museum Bloemfontein

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Syrphidae

Genus

Spheginobaccha