Megapalpus capensis (Wiedemann)

Greathead, David J., 2006, New records of Namibian Bombyliidae (Diptera), with notes on some genera and descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 1149 (1), pp. 1-88 : 62

Megapalpus capensis (Wiedemann)

Phthiria capensis Wiedemann, 1828: 356 .

Distribution. Namibia , South Africa (Western Cape).

Material examined. 1♀, Solitaire, 23°52’S 16°00’E, 30.iv.2002, F.W. & S.K. Gess, visiting yellow fls Hirpicium , Asteraceae , 01/02/151 (AMGS); 2♂♂, 3♀♀, Klein­Aus­ Vista, 26°39’S 16°12’E, 8.ix.2002, F.W. & S.K. Gess, visiting yellow fls Arctotis , Asteraceae , 02/03/85 (AMGS); 3♀♀, same data except, visiting yellow fls Berkheya schinzii O. Hoffm. , 02/02/84 (AMGS); 1♂, Klein­Aus­Vista, 26°41.00’S 16°13.08’E, 23.ix.2003, F.W. & S.K. Gess, visiting yellow fls, Asteraceae , 03/04/82 (AMGS); 1♀, same data except, visiting yellow fls Hirpicium , Asteraceae , 03/04/84 (AMGS); 3♀♀, Lüderitz District, Augustvelde 42, 26°38’S 16°18’E, 13–30.ix.1994, E. Marais, pres. pitf. traps; 7♀♀, Skorpion area, 27°49’S 16°36’E, 9–12.viii.1997, E. Marais & A.H. Kirk­ Spriggs; 3♂♂, 2♀♀, same data except, blue trays; 4♂♂, 1♀, Lüderitz District, Skorpion area, 27°49’S 16°36’E, 9–12.viii.1997, E. Marais & A.H. Kirk­Spriggs, yellow trays; 1♂, 2♀♀, Lüderitz, Namaskluft 88, SE2716Dd, 7–15.x.1970, H11091; 1♀, same data except, 17–25.ix.1973, H4197; 1♂, NW Heioab, 27°22.53’S 15°56.32’E, 19.ix.2003, F.W. & S.K. Gess, visiting pink fls Sarcocaulon , Geraniaceae , 03/04/60 (AMGS); 1♂, 1♀, Namaskluft, 27°52.00’S 16°52.03’E, 26.ix.2003, F.W. & S.K. Gess, visiting yellow fls Othonna , Asteraceae , 03/04/109 (AMGS); 4♂♂, 3♀♀, Namaskluft, 27°56.96’S 16°47.45’E, 27.ix.2003, F.W. & S.K. Gess, visiting yellow fls Gazania lichtensteinii , Asteraceae , 03/ 04/121 (AMGS); 1♂, Obib camp site, 28°00.03’S 16°38.96’E, 14.ix.2003, F.W. & S.K. Gess, visiting yellow fls Othonna cylindrifolia , Asteraceae , 03/04/25 (AMGS); 1♀, Lüderitz, Obib dunes E at 28°02’S 16°37’E, 16–20.ix.1973, H14386.