Scathophaga taeniopa (RONDANI, 1867)

Šifner, František, 2020, Scathophaga karmazini nov. sp., a new species from Austria, with a key to Scathophaga species from Central Europe (Diptera, Scathophagidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (1), pp. 731-757 : 738

Scathophaga taeniopa (RONDANI, 1867) ( Figs 57–60 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: CZECHREPUBLIC:JierskéhoryMts.,Jizerka(5158), 1♂, 1♀, 22.vi.2006, Šifner leg. (FSPC). SWITZERLAND: Oberwald VS, 1♂, 1♀, 13.vi.‒5.viii.1975, G. Bächli leg. (FSPC).

D i a g n o s i s. Male. The submedial processes of abdominal sternite 5 distinct and straight, its lateral parts prolonged, with long and fine bristles, sternite 4 and 3 oblong, with long hairs ( Fig. 57 ), cerci and surstyli with long hairs ( Fig. 58 ), pregonite with one apical seta and seven setae dorsally ( Fig. 59 ).

Female. The abdominal sternite 7 with a caudal notch, distally narrowed and sclerotized, sternites 6 and 5 with two bristles latero-caudally, sternites 8 narrow and very long ( Fig. 60 ).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Only known from Austria, Czech Republic, Poland and Switzerland ( ŠIFNER 2018).

Figures

Figs 57-60. Scathophaga taeniopa (RONDANI 1867). (57) male abdominal sternites 5 to 2; (58) cerci and surstyli (caudal view); (59) right pregonite; (60) female abdominal sternites 8 to 5. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (Figs 57, 58, 60); 0.1 mm (fig. 59).