A review of Palaearctic species of the contaminata group of Scatophila (Diptera: Ephydridae) with description of a new species

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, Kejval, Zbyněk (2025): A review of Palaearctic species of the contaminata group of Scatophila (Diptera: Ephydridae) with description of a new species. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 65 (1): 157-165, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2025.012, URL: doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2025.012 Abstract. The contaminata group of Scatophila Becker, 1896 from the Palaearctic Region is reviewed.

A new species S. hirsovae sp. nov. from the Czech Republic (type locality: Kateřina, Soos Reserve), Slovakia, and Turkey is described. Redescription of the contaminata group, diagnoses and photographs of the two other known European species: S. contaminata (Stenhammar, 1844) and S. pumilio (Loew, 1860), and a key for their identification are provided. Scatophila contaminata is recorded from Siberia for the first time.