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Table 1. Occurrence of dipterans on elephant dung and cattle dung pats (South Africa, January 2007). Elephant dung: Eastern Cape Prov., Shamwari Game Reserve, S33° 24' 47.0" E26° 05' 45.0", 301 m, Jan 11 (No. 14). Cattle dung: Eastern Cape Prov.: Hogsback, S32° 36' 23.5" E26° 57' 55.3", 1101 m,Jan 9 (No. 11); farmlands nr Happy Lands, S33° 28' 38.1" E25° 35' 49.7", 51 m, Jan 11 (No. 15); Sandvlakte Farm nr Paterson, cattle pasture, S33° 26' 14.2" E25° 56' 54.8", 300 m, Jan 12 (No. 18); KwaZulu Natal: N Drakensberg, Cathedral Peak Park, S28° 55' 55.7" E29° 16' 06.2", 1359 m, Jan 31 (No. 47). L: the species also occurs on elephant dung according to literature sources. The species signed with an asterisk (*) are new to the fauna of the RSA, and the species new to science are obviously so. The numbers indicate only the number of imagines collected as museum specimens. In case of abundant species, the numbers of captured individuals were higher by several magnitudes. Elephant dung Cattle dung, No. Elephant dung 11 15 18 47 HYBOTIDAE Crossopalpus sp. 1. 13 1 27 Crossopalpus sp. 2. 2 4 Crossopalpus sp. 3. 1 3 1 2 Crossopalpus sp. 4. 4 Crossopalpus sp. 5. 4 2 3 SEPSIDAE Paratoxopoda amonane VANSCHUYTBROECK, 1961 4 Toxopoda ?au OZEROV, 1998 3 Sepsis bigemmis DUDA, 1926 1 10 11 Sepsis lateralis WIEDEMANN, 1830 2 Sepsis äff. thoracica ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, 1830 5 6 5 7 Sepsis sp. 1. 3 1 2 1 Sepsis sp. 2. 2 SPHAEROCERIDAE Afromyia flavimana L. PAPP, 1978 L 1 Ischiolepta pansa HAN et KIM, 1990* 1 Lotobia arcuata (SÉGUY, 1933)* 3 3 12 Lotobia nigra KlM et HAN, 1990* 2 4 2 4 Lotobia southafricana HAN et KIM, 1996 6 2 Achaetothorax rhinocerotis (RICHARDS, 1939) 5 4 4 55 19 Achaetothorax vojnitsi PAPP et NoRRBOM, 1992* 2 6 48 Achaetothorax sp. n. 1 9 1 Gymnometopina clunicrus (DUDA, 1923)* 1 2 18 25 Gymnometopina garambaensis (VANSCHUYTBROECK, 1959)* Norrbomiagravis (ADAMS, 1905)* 1 1 Norrbomia marginatis (ADAMS, 1905) L 5 3 9 Norrbomia sarcophaga L. PAPP, 1988 20 Norrbomia sp. n. 1 Chaetopodella cursoni (RICHARDS, 1939) 27 8 18 5 Elachisoma afrotropicum L. PAPP, 1983* 73 4 5 -