Scatomyza, FALLEN, 1810

Ozerov, A. L. & Krivosheina, M. G., 2018, To the knowledge of the genus Scatomyza Fallén, 1810 (Diptera: Scathophagidae) of Nepal, Far Eastern Entomologist 353, pp. 1-16 : 14

Key to species of the genus Scatomyza of Nepal

1. Scutellum with a pair of strong basal setae and a pair of small apical scutellar setae. Proepisternum with 1 strong seta. Male sternites 4 and 5 ( Fig. 2 ). Cerci and surstyli ( Figs 3, 4 ) …...............................……………… S. curtipilata Feng

– Scutellum with two pairs of strong setae, basal and apical. Proepisternum covered with hairs near lower margin, without strong seta …………………………..… 2

2. Abdomen shining or subshining, without grey dust. Male sternite 5 ( Fig. 19 ). Cerci and surstyli ( Figs 20, 21 ) ……………………..………….. S. sinensis Sun

– Abdomen densely grey dusted ..………………………………………………… 3

3. Tibiae of all legs black, grey dusted. Male sternites 4 and 5 ( Fig. 6 ). Cerci and surstyli ( Figs 7, 8 ) ……………………….…………………. S. medvedevi sp. n.

– Tibiae of all legs yellow ..……………………………………………………..… 4

4. Mid and hind femora black, grey dusted. Scutum with densely black stripe between dorsocentral rows (Figs 12, 13). Male sternites 4 and 5 ( Fig. 15 ). Cerci and surstyli ( Figs 16, 17 ) ……………............................... S. nigrolineata sp. n.

– Mid and hind femora yellow. Scutum more or less unicolor, with four indistinctly brownish stripes. Male sternites 4 and 5 ( Fig. 9 ). Cerci and surstyli ( Figs 10, 11 ) ........................................................................................... S. mellipes Coquillett

Figures

Figs 1–4. Scatomyza curtipilata (Feng, 2002), ♂. 1 – habitus, lateral view; 2 – sternites 4

Figs 18–21. Scatomyza sinensis (Sun, 1996), ♂: 18) habitus, lateral view; 19) sternite 5;

Figs 5–8. Scatomyza medvedevi sp. n., holotype ♂. 5 – habitus before the abdomen is

Figs 14–17. Scatomyza nigrolineata sp. n., ♂. 14 – habitat; 15 – sternites 4 (lower) and 5

Figs. 9–11. Scatomyza mellipes (Coquillett, 1889), ♂. 9 – sternites 4 (lower) and 5