Scatellini

Mathis, Wayne N., Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz & Marris, John W. M., 2004, Review of unreported shore­fly genera of the tribe Scatellini from the New Zealand subregion (Diptera: Ephydridae) with description of three new species, Zootaxa 622, pp. 1-27 : 4

Tribe Scatellini Wirth and Stone

Scatellini Wirth and Stone 1956: 466. Type genus: Scatella Robineau Desvoidy 1830 .­ Olafsson 1991: 55 –68 [relationships among Palearctic genera].— Mathis and Zatwarnicki 1995: 254 [world catalog].

Diagnosis. Scatellini are distinguished from other tribes of the subfamily Ephydrinae by the following combination of characters:

Head: Medial facial area and ventral facial margin setose, the latter often with long setae; facial series of setae convergent medially toward dorsum; subcranial cavity large and cavernous.

Thorax: Two pairs of postsutural dorsocentral setae present, both pairs equally strong; disc of proepisternum usually bare, sometimes with a few fine setulae.