Gasterophilus meridionalis (Pillers & Evans, 1926) Figs 2 D–F, 5C, D, 11E, 15 D–F; Table 1

Oestrus meridionalis Pillers & Evans, 1926: 264. Type locality: Zimbabwe (as “Rhodesia”).

Selected references.

Zumpt (1965: 121); Cogley (1991b); Colwell et al. (2006: 36); Colwell et al. (2007: 256).

Diagnosis.

Male unknown. Antennal postpedicel long-oval. Facial plate setose. Wing completely hyaline. Crossvein dm-cu extremely weak, with only a faint trace; distance between crossveins r-m and dm-cu equal or less than length of r-m. Meron with unmodified setae. Legs black or black-brown. Abdomen ground color dark brown. Female sternite 8 longitudinally ridged in the middle and with a scallop-shaped apex.

Material examined.

SOUTH AFRICA • 2♀♀; Transvaal; Newington; 15 Aug. 1957; reared from third instar larvae by F. Zumpt; KZNM.

Hosts.

Burchell’s zebra ( E. quagga burchellii).

Distribution.

Afrotropical - Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.