Lamproscatella Hendel, 1917

Krivosheina, M. G., 2022, On distribution of the shore fly Lamproscatella aklavik Mathis, 1979 (Diptera: Ephydridae) in the Palaearctic Region, Far Eastern Entomologist 451, pp. 16-18 : 17

Genus Lamproscatella Hendel, 1917

The specimens of Lamproscatella are easily distinguished by the following combination of characters: face protrudent, oral cavity broad, with a row of downwardly directed setae on the lower facial margin; arista bare or pubescent, not pectinate; genal seta lacking or reduced,

posterior fronto-orbital seta inserted closer to anterior fronto orbital seta, than to inner vertical seta; acrostichal setae in 2 rows, short, equal in size, prescutellar pair sometimes longer; 3

pairs of strong dorsocentral setae (1+2); wings immaculate; costal vein extending to apex of vein M 1+2. Body length 1.6–2.6 mm.