Scatophila contaminata (Stenhammar, 1844)

Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz & Kejval, Zbyněk, 2025, A review of Palaearctic species of the contaminata group of Scatophila (Diptera: Ephydridae) with description of a new species, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 65 (1), pp. 157-165 : 158

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2025.012

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:03564920-D40B-4ED4-A32B-DD4FA91BA354

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C51867-FFE9-B621-314C-2D1C65EAF839

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Scatophila contaminata
status

 

Key to European species of the contaminata View in CoL group

1 Body black, unicolorous ( Figs 3, 5 View Figs 1–6 ); face of male with white microtomentum ( Figs 2, 5, 6 View Figs 1–6 ), face of female shiny ( Fig. 1 View Figs 1–6 ); mesonotum uniform, without pattern ( Fig. 5 View Figs 1–6 ); phallapodeme bar-like, gradually broadened posteriorly ( Figs 8, 9 View Figs 7–12 ). ................................................. .......................... S. contaminata ( Stenhammar, 1844) View in CoL .

– Body grey with pattern on mesonotum ( Figs 13, 15, 17 View Figs 13–17 , 22, 24, 25 View Figs 21–25 ); face not shiny, without whitish microtomentum ( Figs 13, 16, 17 View Figs 13–17 ); phallapodeme Y-shaped or helmet-like posteriorly ( Figs 11, 12 View Figs 7–12 , 19, 20 View Figs 18–20 ). ....... 2

2 Acrostichal setulae similar in size ( Fig. 25 View Figs 21–25 ); margin of wing at apex of vein R 4+5 rounded ( Fig. 21 View Figs 21–25 ); knob of halter light brown; the male terminalia with epandrial anterior margin slightly rounded medially ( Fig. 10 View Figs 7–12 ), and phallapodeme Y-shaped, split posteriorly ( Fig. 12 View Figs 7–12 ). ...................................... S. pumilio ( Loew, 1860) View in CoL

– Presutural acrostichal setulae larger than others ( Fig. 15 View Figs 13–17 ); wing slightly pointed at apex of vein R 4+5 ( Fig. 14 View Figs 13–17 ); knob of halter white; the male terminalia with epandrial anterior margin even ( Fig. 18 View Figs 18–20 ), and phallapodeme helmet-like in dorsal view ( Fig. 20 View Figs 18–20 ). ............................ ......................... S. hirsovae sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

Genus

Scatophila

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