Sclerocoelus clarae ( Papp, 1973 )

Kuwahara, Gregory K., Marshall, Stephen A. & Paiero, Steven M., 2025, A revision of the genus Sclerocoelus Marshall (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), European Journal of Taxonomy 979, pp. 1-277 : 125

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.979.2803
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14981363
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scientific name	Sclerocoelus clarae ( Papp, 1973 )
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Treatment

Sclerocoelus clarae ( Papp, 1973) View in CoL

Limosina clarae Papp, 1973: 388 View in CoL .

Limosina clarae View in CoL – Papp 1984: 96.

Sclerocoelus clarae View in CoL – Roháček et al. 2001: 249.

Material examined

No material of “ Sclerocoelus clarae ” was examined.

Distribution

Palaearctic: Mongolia.

Remarks

Roháček et al. (2001) tentatively treated this species as a Sclerocoelus based on the brief description and figures of female terminalia in Papp (1973), but it differs from all other species of Sclerocoelus in having a narrow alula, four subequal interfrontal bristles, and an upcurved R 4+5 ending far from the apex of the wing. Papp (1973) noted the presence of a midventral and apicoventral seta on the mid tibia, but did not specify if this was present in just the female (as is typical of all Sclerocoelus ) or if this was present in both sexes (other male Sclerocoelus have a double row of apicoventral setae and no midventral). It seems unlikely that Sclerocoelus occurs in Central Asia, and we prefer to treat this species as incertae sedis pending further study.