Scatophila mesogramma (Loew)

Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz & Irwin, Anthony G., 2018, Taxonomic notes on the genera Scatella and Scatophila (Diptera: Ephydridae) with a remark on Trixoscelis chilensis (Trixoscelididae), Zootaxa 4377 (1), pp. 91-109 : 102-103

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.1.6

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5967109

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scientific name

Scatophila mesogramma (Loew)
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Scatophila mesogramma (Loew) View in CoL

( Figs. 18–23 View FIGURES 18–19 View FIGURES 20–22 View FIGURES23–24 )

Scatella mesogramma Loew, 1869: 42 View in CoL .

Scatophila mesogramma: Sturtevant, 1923: 12 View in CoL (combination). Scatophila grisescens Frey, 1915: 32 View in CoL , new synonym.

Scatophila infantina Becker, 1926: 89 View in CoL , synonymized by Zatwarnicki, 1987: 282.

Type material examined: One female of the senior synonym, in good condition, was labelled: “ Scatophila mesogramma ♀ ”, "364", "R. I.", "Loew Coll.", "mesograma Lw.", " Type 11148", mounted directly, preserved in MCZ. The holotype female of the junior synonym, which is glued to a paper triangle, in moderate condition (left basal flagellomere missing, left wing broken at the base), labelled: empty gold round label; "Kasatschie 5. VII. 1909 " (handwritten), " Scatophila grisescens n. sp.? Frey det." (name handwritten), " Holotypus " (printed, red), and is preserved in ZIN.

Other material examined: CANADA: Northwest Territories: Chesterfield , 10. VII. 1950, J. G. Chillcott, 4 ex ; Nova Scotia: East End, Sable Is. , 9. VI. 1967, D. M. Wood, 2 ex, S. Harbour Bch . PG957946, 11. VIII. 1 983, J. R. Vockeroth, 26 ex; Quebec: Gt. Whale R., 23. VI.–24. VIII. 1949, J. R. Vockeroth, 24 ex ( CNC); Natashquwan , 23. VII. 1930, W. J. Brown, 1 ex ( AMNH) . USA: Oregon, Boiler Bay , 9–30. III. 1930, J. Wilcox, 2 ♂ ; Massachusetts: Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, 13. VI. 1917, C. W. Johnson, 1 ♀ ; New Jersey: Wildwood , 18. VII. 1908, 1 ♀ (all ANSP) . DENMARK: Frederikshavn , 30. VI. 1908, Th. Mortensen, 2 ♀ ( ZMUC) . GERMANY: Nordrhein-Westfallen: distr. Herford, Enger/ Bünde , 5. VII. 1994, T. Zatwarnicki, 1 ♂ ( TZPC) . POLAND: Wrocław-Leśnica , 10. V. 1985, T. Zatwarnicki, 1 ♀ ( TZPC) . RUSSIA: Karelia: Paanajärvi, R. Frey, 2 ♀ ( MZH); Nenetsia : Pechora Bay (68°53'N, 53°34'E), 25–26. VIII. 1994, C. Hansson, 1 ♀ ( MZLU) GoogleMaps . SWEDEN: Norrbotten: Piteå, Pitholmen, 7. IX. 1965, H. Andersson, 1 ♀ ( MZLU) ; Skania, Borgeby, WSW Löddesnäs , 26. VII. 1966, L. Hedström, 1 ♀ ( UUZM).

Type localities: Senior synonym was described from " Newport, Rhode Island " ( USA) . Junior synonym was collected in Russia. " Jana-Land , Dorf Kasatschje am Fl. Jana " (= Kazachye, near Jana river; coordinates 70°44' 2.3" N, 136° 13' 10.9" E) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. The species is closely related to S. arenaria Cresson but is distinguished from other species by mostly pale, whitish wing, with a spotted pattern scarcely evident; gena broad, more than twice as wide as width of basal flagellomere ( Figs.18–19 View FIGURES 18–19 ); mesonotum uniformly brownish-grey, frequently with small pale presutural spots ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES23–24 ). Male terminalia ( Fig. 20–22 View FIGURES 20–22 ) with concave anterior margin of epandrium and triangular shape of anterior portion of the gonite, sclerotized part of the aedeagus with length twice the height.

Distribution. Nearctic: Canada (Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Quebec), United States (Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island). Palaearctic: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, Russia (European Territory, Siberia), Sweden.

Remarks. External features of the holotype of S. grisescens have been examined and clearly represent S. mesogramma , with which it is now formally synonymized.

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

ZIN

Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

ANSP

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

ZMUC

Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen

MZH

Finnish Museum of Natural History

MZLU

Lund University

UUZM

Uppsala University, Zoological Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

Genus

Scatophila

Loc

Scatophila mesogramma (Loew)

Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz & Irwin, Anthony G. 2018
2018
Loc

Scatophila infantina

Zatwarnicki 1987: 282
Becker 1926: 89
1926
Loc

Scatophila mesogramma: Sturtevant, 1923 : 12

Sturtevant 1923: 12
Frey 1915: 32
1923
Loc

Scatella mesogramma

Loew 1869: 42
1869
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