Scathophaga scybalaria ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1), pp. 111-196 : 169

Scathophaga scybalaria ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Musca scybalaria Linnaeus, 1758: 599 .? SYNTYPES: Type locality not given; no additional data quoted in the original paper (depository unknown).

Scatophaga scybalaria var. anomala Collin, 1958: 51 . HOLOTYPE: 1J, England, Elgin, Nethy Bridge, 15.vi.1900, Yerbury leg. (UMO); see PONT (1995: 33) for details.

Musca lucophaeus Harris, 1780: 34 .? HOLOTYPE: ♀, Great Britain, SE England (depository unknown); synonymized by PONT & MICHELSEN (1982: 43).

Note. The figure in the original publication shows a female from England. Harris’ collection is generally considered to have been destroyed ( PONT & MICHELSEN 1982: 26).

Musca lucopheus: HARRIS (1780: 34) . Incorrect original spelling (cf. PONT & MICHELSEN 1982: 36).

Musca leucophaeus: STEPHENS (1829: 311) . Incorrect subsequent spelling (see PONT & MICHELSEN 1982: 36).

Scopeuma bicolor Collart, 1942: 6 . SYNTYPES: 3JJ 3♀♀, Romania, ‘Carobana micà dela Corba Mare, Scarisoara, Turda, 19.vii. 1938, 1120 m [a.s.l.]’ (depository unknown). Synonymized by ŠIFNER (1977a: 274).

Distribution. Austria ( FRANZ 1989: 119); Belgium (DE JONG 2005); Bosnia-Hercegovina ( STROBL 1900: 617); Czech Republic ( ŠIFNER 2003a: 73); Denmark (DE JONG 2005); Estonia ( ELBERG 1965: 352); Finland ( HACKMAN 1980: 131); France ( SÉGUY 1934: 699); Germany ( PÜCHEL 1999: 187); Great Britain ( CHANDLER 1998: 164); Hungary (DELY- DRASKOVITS 1981: 37, PAPP 2001a: 385); Italy ( GORODKOV 1995: 4); Ireland ( CHANDLER 1998: 164); Japan ( FUKUHARA & KARAHASHI 1966a: 247); Latvia (DE JONG 2005); Lithuania ( PAKALNIŠKIS et al. 2000: 45); Mongolia ( GORODKOV 1974: 391, ŠIFNER 1975: 223); Netherlands (DE JONG 2005); Norway ( NELSON & GREVE 2002: 46); Poland (DRABER- MONKO 1991: 232); Russia – European Russia, West Siberia, East Siberia, Far East ( GORODKOV 1970: 451); Slovakia ( ŠIFNER 2003a: 73); Sweden ( HEDSTRÖM 1991: 144); Switzerland (MERZ & BÄCHLI 1998: 312).