Chione ichneumonea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

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 : 177

Chione ichneumonea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Chione ichneumonea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 680 .? SYNTYPES: Type locality not given (probably France, environs of Saint-Sauveur ); ‘[...] cette espèce parmi les plantes littorales et marécageuses [= this species occurs between helophytes and shore plants]’ (depository unknown).

Note. This speceis was synonymized with S. stercoraria by SÉGUY (1934: 669). It is probably an erroneous conclusion. The original description states: ‘Corp effilé; front,

antennes, abdomen et pattes d’un jaune fauve’ [= body slender; frons, antennae, abdomen and legs pale yellow]. Scathophaga stercoraria has the antennae always black, the body is not slender, and the adults occur in other habitats than shore plants. Thus the identity of

C. ichneumonea remains unclear.