Cosmetopus Becker, 1894

Ozerov, A. L. & Krivosheina, M. G., 2023, Contribution to the fauna of dung flies (Diptera: Scathophagidae) of Russia with a key to genera and a checklist of the Russian Scathophagidae, Russian Entomological Journal 32 (1), pp. 95-122 : 98-101

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.32.1.12
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scientific name	Cosmetopus Becker, 1894
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Genus Cosmetopus Becker, 1894 View in CoL

Figs 5, 6, 44, 68, 69, 72–75, 77–80, 111.

DIAGNOSIS. Medium-sized flies (5–7 mm long). Proepisternum is covered with hairs at middle or in anterior part. Anepisternum covered with hairs in posterior half. Katepisternum with one strong seta in upper

posterior corner. Postmetacoxal bridge absent. Fore tibia ventrally with short black spinules. Male fore femur ventrally near midlength with bifurcate tubercle, matching with ventral emargination of fore tibia ( Fig. 44). Female fore femur simple: without numerous short spinules ventrally.

REMARKS. There are 2 species in Russia, C. dentimanus (Zetterstedt, 1838) and C. longus (Walker, 1849) , of which only C. longus was previously record- ed in Russia from south of European part and Siberia by Gorodkov [1970 (as C. fulvipes (Zetterstedt), 1986 ] without specifying the place of collecting.

MATERIAL in ZMUM. C. dentimanus . Siberia : 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Altai, Kosh-Agach, plato Ukok , 2450 m, Lake Muzdy-Bulak (49.3ºN, 87.65ºE), 8.VII.2008, A. Barkalov. C. longus . European part of Russia GoogleMaps : 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, Arkhangelsk (64.546ºN 40.567ºE), 4.VIII.2010, D. Gavryushin GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Nar’yan-Mar env. (67.631ºN 52.985ºE), 7.VII.2008, A.L. Ozerov GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Murmansk env. (68.979ºN 33.151ºE), 21.VII.2011, A. Ozerov GoogleMaps ; 2 ♂♂, Khanty-Mansi AO, Khulga River (64.713ºN 61.955ºE), 8–17.VII.2018, K. Tomkovich); Siberia GoogleMaps : 12 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, Labytnangi (66.657ºN 66.391ºE), 19– 26.VII.1973, R. Kamenskaya GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, some place, 6, 9 and 23.VII.1974, V. Sychevskaya); Far East of Russia : 1 ♂, Chukotka, Meynypil’gyno env. (62.555ºN 177.076ºE), 14.VII.2019, P.S. Tomkovich GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, Magadan Oblast, Sokol env. (59.92ºN 150.71ºE), 11– 19.VII.2014, N. Vikhrev GoogleMaps .