Scathophaga karmazini, Šifner, 2020

Šifner, František, 2020, Scathophaga karmazini nov. sp., a new species from Austria, with a key to Scathophaga species from Central Europe (Diptera, Scathophagidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (1), pp. 731-757 : 732

Scathophaga karmazini nov.sp. ( Figs 1–4 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype: 1♂, Austria,HoheTauernMts.,Stubnerkogel Mt., 2240 m a.s.l., 27.vii.2001, Šifner leg. Allotype: 1♀, the same data as holotype. Paratypes: 5♂♂, 5♀♀, the same data as holotype. The voucher specimens of all mentioned species are deposited in the author’s private collection.

D e s c r i p t i o n. Body length 6 to 8 mm, ground colour dark brown. Head. Four frontal bristles, three orbital bristles, frontal vitta yellowish brown, face genae yellow and white dusted, scape and pedicel brown, first flagellomere dark brown, arista plumose, distinct vibrissae in addition to 2–3 short bristles, palpi yellow. Thorax. Acrostichal bristles fine, 2 + 3 dosrsocentral bristles, two scutellar apical bristles, wings hyaline to pale yellow brown, other characters standard for the genus.

Abdomen. Male. Submedial processes of sternite 5 straight, each with one distinct fine bristle, lateral parts of sternite prolonged, with long fine bristles, sternite 4 enlared caudally, sternite 3 rectangular, without distinct bristles ( Fig. 1 ), surstyli straight, pointed, with a promontory apically, cerci long, in upper part with long fine bristles ( Fig. 2 ), pregonite pointed apically, with very long apical seta, in addition to one long and 3‒4 short setae dorsally ( Fig. 3 ). Female. Abdominal sternite 7 long with fine bristles caudally, sternites 6 and 5 rectangular with distinct bristles caudally, sternite 4 more or less square ( Fig. 4 ).

D i f f e r e n t i a l d i a g n o s i s. Seethekeybelow.

E t y m o l o g y. I dedicate this species to my friend, forester Pavel Karmazín living in Chyňava 86, born in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Known only from Austria (this paper).

Figures

Figs 1-4. Scathophaga karmazini nov.sp. (1) male abdominal sternites 5 to 3; (2) male cerci and surstyli (caudal view); (3) left pregonite; (4) female abdominal sternites 8 to 4. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (Figs 1, 2, 4); 0.1 mm (Fig. 3).