Scathophaga karmazini nov. sp., a new species from Austria, with a key to Scathophaga species from Central Europe (Diptera, Scathophagidae)
Author
Šifner, František
text
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2020
2020-07-31
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5273942
0253-116X
5273942
Scathophaga analis
(MEIGEN
,
1826)
(
Figs 5–8
)
=
Scathophaga bohemiae
ŠIFNER, 2000: 35
,
nov.syn.
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d:
CZECH REPUBLIC
:
Praha
, Šeberovský rybník, pond (5953),
1♂
,
1♀
,
7.x.1997
, Šifner leg. (FSPC).
D i a g n o s i s. Male. The submedial processes of abdominal sternite 5 very short with a distinct incision medially, dorsal lateral part of sternite widened (this part is very variable), sternite 4 almost quadrate, sternite 3 more or less rectangular and covered with short bristles (
Fig. 5
), surstyli long, arched and pointed, cerci in upper part with long hairs and fine bristles (
Fig. 6
), pregonite with two apical bristles of equal size (
Fig. 7
).
Female. Abdminal sternite 7 distinctly enlarged caudally, sternites 6 to 4 oval (
Fig. 8
).
C o m m e n t s. The original description of
S. analis
is in Latin and accompanied by very brief text in German, both based on colour characters only. Analogical is a description of the nearest species,
S. inquinata
(MEIGEN, 1826)
; based on these texts it is impossible to determine these two species reliably.
SÉGUY (1952)
considered
S. analis
as a valid species,
GORODKOV (1986)
treated it as a synonym of
S. inquinata
; this opinion was accepted by
ŠIFNER (2008)
.
BERNASCONI et al. (2001)
consider
S. analis
as a doubtful species, possibly a synonym of
S. inquinata
. Nowadays, based on the considerable number of specimens for comparison including the
type
of
S. bohemiae
ŠIFNER, 2000
, I state that
S. bohemiae
is a junior synonym of
S. analis
(MEIGEN, 1826)
. The basic diagnostic characters on terminalia of
S. analis
are:
male
– (i) submedial processes of sternite 5 distinctly short, (ii) pregonite with two setae apically (
Fig. 7
);
female
– abdominal sternite 7 long and distinctly enlarged caudally, covered with long bristles caudally, sternites 6 to 4 oval without distinct bristles (
Fig. 8
).
D i s t r i b u t i o n. Confirmed only in
Austria
,
Czech Republic
and
Poland
(
ŠIFNER 2018
).