Scathophaga lutaria ( Fabricius, 1794 )

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 : 167

Scathophaga lutaria ( Fabricius, 1794)

Musca lutaria Fabricius, 1794: 344 . ‘LECTOTYPE’: Germany, ‘Kiliae [= Kiel]’, designated by J. R. Vockeroth; designation not published (ZMHB).

Musca comito Harris, 1780: 117 .? HOLOTYPE: ♀, Great Britain, SE England (depository unknown). Unavailable name; synonymized by PONT & MICHELSEN (1982: 31).

Note. The figure in the original publication shows a female from England. The name comito is a verb and thus not available according to ICZN ( ICZN 1999; Article 11.9). Harris’ collection is generally considered to have been destroyed ( PONT & MICHELSEN 1982: 26).

Scatomyza maculipes Zetterstedt, 1846: 1964 . HOLOTYPE: J, Norway, ‘diversorium Suulstuen [= guesthouse at Suulstuen]’, labelled as follows: 1 st label ‘ C. maculipes J Suul norv.’; 2 nd label ‘Suul, Iug. alp. Norv. 11.- 15.7.40’ [= Norway, NTI (= Nord-Tröndelag, indre), Verdel, Sulstua] (MZLU) (H. Andersson 1974, pers. comm.). Synonymized by HACKMAN (1956: 18).

Scatophagella pallipes Szilády, 1926: 597 , syn. nov. HOLOTYPE: J, Tunis, Ujhelyi leg.

Note. The type material was destroyed in Budapest in 1956.All characters of S. pallipes are within the limits of variability of S. lutaria and I therefore consider S. pallipes as a junior synonym of S. lutaria .

New records. ITALY: Sicily, 8.v.1840, 1 J, Schiner det. as ‘ lutaria ’; Sicily, Taormina , 22.-30.iv.1921, 1 ♀, Wagner leg. ; Sicily, Taormina , 22.-30.iv.[19]21, 1 J, Czerny leg. ( NHMW) . ISRAEL: Har Meron , 1100 m a.s.l., 11.vi.1996, 1 J, Merz & Freiberg leg. ( FSPC) . LEBANON: Beirut, iv.1885, 2JJ, Dr. F. Lauthmed leg. ( NHMW) . SLOVENIA: Görz [= Nova Gorica], viii.1878, 1 ♀ ( NHMW) . SPAIN: Algeciras , 25.-30.iv.25, 1 ♀ ; 1.- 10.v.25, 1 ♀; 12.-20.v.1925, 1 J 1 ♀, all Czerny leg. ( NHMW) . RUSSIA: EUROPEAN PART, Moskva, Izmailovo , 17.ix.1986, 1 J, Barták leg. ( FSPC) . TURKEY: ANTALYA, Kanacay environs, near river, 600 m a.s.l., 4.v.1996, 1 ♀, Mocek leg. ( FSPC) .

Distribution. Algeria ( SÉGUY 1934: 698); Austria ( FRANZ 1989: 119); Bosnia-Hercegovina ( STROBL 1900: 617); Czech Republic ( ŠIFNER 2003a: 71); Denmark (DE JONG 2005); Estonia ( ELBERG 1965: 352); Finland ( HACKMAN 1980: 131); France ( BECKER et al. 1910: 661, SÉGUY 1934: 698); Germany ( PÜCHEL 1999: 187); Great Britain ( CHANDLER 1998: 164); Hungary (DELY- DRASKOVITS 1981: 39, PAPP 2001a: 385); Ireland ( CHANDLER 1998: 164); Israel (this paper); Italy ( GORODKOV et al. 1995: 4); Lebanon ( ŠIFNER 1981: 101); Netherlands (DE MEIJERE 1907: 164); Norway ( NELSON & GREVE 2002: 46); Poland (DRABER- MONKO 1991: 232); Russia – European Russia, West Siberia ( GORODKOV 1970: 451, this paper); Serbia ( SÉGUY 1934: 698); Slovakia ( ŠIFNER 2003a: 71); Slovenia (this paper); Spain ( MORGE 1967: 169, CARLES- TOLRÁ 2006: 158); Sweden ( HEDSTRÖM 1991: 144); Switzerland (MERZ & BÄCHLI 1998: 312); Tunisia ( SÉGUY 1934: 698); Turkey (this paper).