To the knowledge of the genus Scatomyza Fallén, 1810 (Diptera: Scathophagidae) of Nepal Author Ozerov, A. L. Author Krivosheina, M. G. text Far Eastern Entomologist 2018 2018-02-21 353 1 16 http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.353.1 journal article 10.25221/fee.353.1 2713-2196 7164040 4D623BD9-77AD-47FA-80AC-2D54F865D3AF Scatomyza medvedevi Ozerov et Krivosheina , sp. n. Figs 5–8 MATERIAL. Holotype – ♂ , Nepal : Rasuwa Distr. , Buddha mandir env. ( 28.0879ºN , 85.3900ºE ), 4215 m , 13–14.VI 2017 , coll. A. Medvedev ( ZMUM ) . Figs 5–8. Scatomyza medvedevi sp. n. , holotype ♂. 5 – habitus before the abdomen is removed, lateral view; 6 – sternites 4 (lower) and 5 (upper); 7 – epandrium, cerci and surstyli, lateral view; 8 – same, dorsal view. DESCRIPTION. MALE ( Fig. 5 ). Head . Frontal vitta matt, reddish black; frontoorbital plate black, grey dusted. Face black, greyish dusted. Parafacial and gena reddish yellow. Postcranium black, densely grey dusted, covered with whitish and black hairs. Setae: 3 orbitals, 4 frontals, 1 ocellar, 1 inner vertical, 1 small outer vertical, 1 small postocellar; 4–5 pairs of vibrissae present. Antenna black. Postpedicel rounded apically, about 2.5 times as long as wide. Arista black, pubescent throughout its length. Palpus slender, yellow. Thorax . Scutum grey dusted, with dark markings as follows: a pair of paramedian vittae between the acrostichal and dorsocentral rows; a patch between presutural dorsocentrals and supra-alars; and postsuturally a vitta between dorsocentrals and intra-alars. Pleura grey dusted. Acrostichals absent, dorsocentrals 3+3 (first presutural short and directed anteriorly), intra-alars 0+2, supra-alars 1+2, postpronotals 2, notopleurals 2, postalars 2. Proepisternum with hairs, also with 1 slender seta near lower margin. Proepimeron with hairs. Anepisternum covered with blackish hairs almost completely, with hairs adjacent to anterior thoracic spiracle and with 2 black setae along posterior margin. Katepisternum covered with blackish hairs in posterior half and 1 strong seta in posterodorsal corner. Anepimeron bare. Postmetacoxal bridge present. Scutellum black, densely grey dusted; a pair of strong basal scutellar and a pair of strong apical scutellar setae present. Legs . Coxae, femora and tibiae black, grey dusted; tarsi yellow, but tarsomere 4 dorsally, tarsomere 5 and pulvillae blackish. Fore femur covered with hairs, but without conspicuous setae. Fore tibia with a row of slender anterodorsal setae, 2 slender posterior, 1 strong apical ventral and 1 apical anteroventral setae. Mid femur covered with hairs, with a row of slender posteroventral setae, and 1 long basal hair posteriorly. Mid tibia covered with long straight hairs, also with 1 posterodorsal, 2 anterodorsal, 1 anteroventral setae, and a ring of apicals. Hind femur covered with moderate hairs, with 4–5 anterodorsal setae in apical quarter. Hind tibia with long hairs anteroventrally, 3–4 anterodorsal, 4 posterodorsal, 1 anteroventral setae, and a ring of apicals; apical posteroventral seta absent. Wing clear; veins blackish, vein R 1 bare. Calypters, margins of calypters, and halteres pale yellowish. Abdomen elongate-cylindrical, black, greyish dusted, covered with hairs. Male sternite 4 simple, about 1.5 times as long as wide ( Fig. 6 ). Male sternite 5 with a pair of wide lateral lobes ( Fig. 6 ). Cerci and surstyli as in Figs. 7, 8 . MEASUREMENTS. Length of body 7.0 mm, length of wing 5.9 mm . Female unknown. BIOLOGY AND HABITAT. Single male was collected on dung of domestic yak ( Bos grunniens (Linnaeus, 1766) , fam. Bovidae ) at the height 4215 m a.s.l. DISTRIBUTION. Nepal : Rasuwa Distr. ETYMOLOGY. The new species is named after the collector, Andrey Medvedev.