Scathophaga tropicalis ( MALLOCH , 1931)

V, Marco, 2021, Annotated supplements to catalogues of the family Scathophagidae (Diptera) in the world, with new taxonomic data, notes on some species and new list of species, Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2), pp. 1267-1306 : 1272

Scathophaga tropicalis ( MALLOCH, 1931) , as Scatophaga

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Chile, Peru ( MALLOCH 1931, CUNY 1983), Argentina, Bolivia ( SZILADY 1926).

C o m m e n t: Scathophaga tropicalis ( MALLOCH, 1931) is nomen novum for Scatophaga lanata SZILADY, 1926: 595 . This species name has been previously used in the genus by LUNDBECK for Scatophaga lanata LUNDBECK, 1901: 294 (type locality: Greenland), it was synonymized by VOCKEROTH (1965: 834) (see also ŠIFNER 2008a: 160) with Scathophaga apicalis (CURTIS, 1833) . The species Scatophaga lanata sensu SZILADY (1926) was originally described from Bolivia: " Typen aus Cororica und "Cillumbicara… ein Männchen aus Rimconada, in 4.000 m Höhe "; 7-10 mm. Type material was deposited in Naturhistorisches Museum in Budapest ( Hungary) and was destroyed in 1956. MALLOCH (1931: 443) noted: "…I have seen it from Peru in the collection of the United States National Musem. MALLOCH (1935) noted: " Scatophaga tropicalis is very similar to stercoraria. The only South America species of this genus."