Three new species and six new records of Scathophagidae (Diptera) from Japan with a key to the Japanese genera Author Iwasa, Mitsuhiro text Zootaxa 2021 2021-06-08 4981 3 531 553 journal article 5897 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.3.6 e602c4fe-7400-4287-b3f5-62fecf81f369 1175-5326 4921413 6416487B-1776-4BA5-AFB5-6D382C1940D4 Spaziphora tomkovichi Ozerov, 2011 [Japanese name: Hirata-migiwa-funbae] ( Figs 52–56 ) Spaziphora tomkovichi Ozerov, 2011 . Type-locality: Chukotka , Anadyr’Distr., Meynipyl’gino, lake-morene [ Russia ]. Material examined. Hokkaido , 2 ♂ , 1 ♀ , Kushiro Marsh, Kushiro, 4. viii. 1993 , leg. M. Iwasa. Diagnosis. Spaziphora tomkovichi Ozerov ( Fig. 52 ) can be recognized by the following characteristics: anterior part of frons, face, parafacial, and gena whitish; postpedicel yellowish, with slightly angular upper corner ( Fig. 53 ); palpi spatulate and white ( Fig. 54 ); thorax black with grey dusting; legs yellow; abdomen slender, grey dusted, and subshiny; male sternite V ventrally with two distinct spur-like tubercles ( Figs 55, 56 ); male surstyli stout and apically pointed, closing each other ( Fig. 56 ). Body length ( ♂ ♀ ). 7.3–8.0 mm. Distribution. Russia (the Far East) ( Ozerov & Krivosheina, 2014 ) and Japan ( Hokkaido ). New to Japan . Remarks. Currently, the genus Spaziphora comprises three species in the world ( Ozerov, 2011 ). Spaziphora tomkovichi is easily distinguished from other known congeneric species by having two distinct ventral spure-like tubercles on male sternite V.