A review of Scatellini ( Diptera : Ephydridae ) from Brazil

Scatellini was proposed by Wirth & Stone, 1956 and currently includes 242 described species in nine genera­. The tribe has representatives in all biogeographic regions and about 70 species occur in the Neotropical Region. Prior to this study, only two species were recorded from Brazil: Scatella obscura and Limnellia itatiaia. In this paper, species of Scatellini from Brazil are reviewed with an emphasis on the fauna from southern Brazil, where six new species have been discovered and are described herein: Scatella praia, S. plaumanni, S. rara, Scatophila darrowae, S. dianneae, and S. prainha. To facilitate identification of the tribe and included genera and species, we have included diagnoses of these taxa and have also provided an annotated key to the Neotropical genera in Scatellini. We have also provided illustrations of structures of the male terminalia of all included species of the genus Scatophila.

In the Neotropical Region, the tribe Scatellini Wirth & Stone, 1956 is biologically diverse (MATHIS & ZATWARNICKI 1995), and many of the included species, perhaps a majority, are undescribed.This is particularly true of the Andean fauna.These observations are based on fieldwork in the Neotropics, especially in Andean countries, and subsequent recognition of numerous morphospecies.Although Scatellini are especially diverse in Neotropical countries with altitudinal relief, there is also considerable diversity elsewhere in the Neotropics, such as the fauna of Brazil, which is the subject of this paper.This review of Scatellini was prompted by recent field work in southern Brazil that is part of an overall survey of the shore flies of this biologically diverse country.An objective of the field work in 2009-2010 was to survey the shore-fly fauna from the state of Paraná and to a lesser degree from Santa Catarina and São Paulo and resulted in numerous specimens of Scatellini.We soon discovered that eight species were represented in the fauna and that six of these are undescribed.The purpose of this paper is to describe these new species within the context of a faunistic review of Scatellini from Brazil.
Characterization of Scatellini occurred relatively recently in the nomenclatural history of shore flies (WIRTH & STONE 1956) and initially included some genera that have now been placed in Ephydrini (WIRTH 1965, 1968, COGAN & WIRTH 1977, COGAN 1980, 1984).A more phylogenetically accurate classification of genera in Scatellini is presented in the world catalog of MATHIS & ZATWARNICKI (1995) and that classification is followed in this paper wherein the tribe is more fully diagnosed.

MATERIAL AND METHODS
The descriptive terminology, with the exceptions noted in MATHIS (1986) and MATHIS & ZATWARNICKI (1990a), follows that published in the Manual of Nearctic Diptera (MCALPINE 1981).Because specimens of Scatellini are generally small, usually less than 3.0 mm in length, study and illustration of the male terminalia required use of a compound microscope.We have followed the terminology for most structures of the male terminalia that other workers in Ephydridae have used (see references in MATHIS 1986, MATHIS & ZATWARNICKI 1990a, b), such as surstylus.ZATWARNICKI (1996) suggested that the pre-and postsurstylus correspond with the pre-and postgonostylus and that the subepandrial plate is the same as the medandrium.The terminology for structures of the male terminalia is provided in the legends.We use the term basal flagellomere for the large antennomere beyond the pedicel.We prefer this term over "first flagellomere" as there may be more than one flagellomere involved, and basal does not imply a number or numbers.We likewise do not use "postpedicel" (STUCKENBERG 1999) for this antennomere because at least the multisegmented arista is beyond the pedicel in addition to the large antennomere, and postpedicel is thus ambiguous and lacking precision.
Dissections of male and female genitalia and descriptions were performed using the method of CLAUSEN & COOK (1971) and GRIMALDI (1987).Microforceps were used to remove abdomens, which were macerated in a potassium hydroxide solu-A review of Scatellini (Diptera: Ephydridae) from Brazil Wayne N. Mathis1 , Luciane Marinoni 2 & Daniel N.R. Costa 2  tion.Cleared genitalia were rinsed in a weak solution of acetic acid and then transferred to glycerin for observation and illustration.If necessary for proper orientation, the specimen was transferred from glycerin to glycerin jelly.The glycerin jelly was heated, and the specimen appropriately oriented.After cooling, the embedded specimen in glycerin jelly became immobilized.The abdomen was placed in a plastic microvial filled with glycerin and attached to the pin supporting the remainder of the insect from which it was removed.
The new species descriptions are composite and not based solely on holotypes.Two head and two venational ratios used in the descriptions are based on three specimens (largest, smallest, and one other): Eye ratio: maximum width/maximum height; Gena-to-eye ratio: genal height (immediately below maximum eye height)/eye height; Costal vein ratio: the straight line distance between the apices of R 2+3 and R 4+5 /distance between the apices of R 1 and R 2+3 ; M vein ratio: the straight line distance along vein M between crossveins dm-cu and r-m/distance apicad of dm-cu. Specimens
Diagnosis.Specimens of Scatellini may be distinguished from other Ephydridae by the following combination of character states: Head: Mesofrons subquadrate, slightly wider posteriorly, appearing dull, densely microtomentose or shiny with metallic luster; lacking interfrontal setae; usually 2 lateroclinate, fronto-orbital setae (most genera) or 1 (Limnellia Malloch, most Scatophila Becker).Antenna relatively short; arista essentially bare, macropubescent (most genera) or bearing long dorsal rays (Philotelma Becker).Face projected, setulose to moderately densely pilose, marginal setae usually larger; dorsum of interfoveal hump usually similar to rest of face, dark colored in a few species, not shiny; eye bare, usually as wide as high, nearly round to obliquely oval, generally oriented obliquely to plane of epistoma; gena short to high, usually bearing a genal seta (most genera) or lacking (Haloscatella Mathis, Lamproscatella Hendel, Philotelma, Thinoscatella Mathis); oral opening moderately large, gaping, usually concealing clypeus.
Discussion.As characterized here, the tribe Scatellini is monophyletic (OLAFSSON 1991), and some of the eight included genera (Amalopteryx, Haloscatella, Lamproscatella, Limnellia, Philotelma, Scatella [subgenera: Apulvillus, Neoscatella, Scatella, Synhoplos, Teichomyza], Scatophila, Thinoscatella) are found throughout the world in temperate and tropical zones.Worldwide there are over 245 species in the tribe (MATHIS & ZATWARNICKI 1995), and in the Neotropical Region there are records of four genera and nearly 70 species with a majority being classified in the genus Scatella and its included subgenera.Although largely undescribed, there is considerable species diversity at higher elevations associated with the Andes.We have collected specimens at localities above 5000 m in Colombia.Type species: Notiphila quadrata Fallén, 1813, original designation.-Dahl, 1959: 126 [synonymy].

Key to Neotropical genera and subgenera of Scatellini
Diagnosis.Limnellia is distinguished from other genera of the tribe Scatellini by the following combination of characters: small to moderately small shore flies, body length 1.25-2.50mm; mostly dark brown to black, microtomentose to bare, shiny, frequently with cinereous guttate and vittate maculae; wing maculate, generally dark with white spots.Head: Mesofrons distinct from duller parafrons, sometimes subshiny; 1 lateroclinate, fronto-orbital seta; medial and lateral vertical setae both well developed; paravertical setae either reduced or absent; ocelli arranged in isosceles or equilateral triangle.Arista at most macropubescent.Face with antennal grooves shallow; interfoveal carina not projected or creased dorsally; facial setae mostly small, hair-like.Eye nearly round.Gena relatively short, bearing 1 welldeveloped seta.Thorax: Acrostichal setae uniform in size, small, arranged in 2 rows that extend to base of scutellum; 2 (0+2) dorsocentral setae; supra-alar seta either reduced or lacking; disc of scutellum bare; 2 lateral scutellar setae.Wing maculate, mostly dark brown with white, generally guttate markings; costa long, extended to vein M. Abdomen: Tergites black, becoming shiny and polished posteriorly.Male terminalia: Epandrium a closed plate around cercal cavity, bearing articulated surstyli on anterior margin; gonites elongate with broad base, bearing setae on ventral portion; phallapodeme in lateral view nearly straight or deflected medially; dorsal aedeagal opening with a fold along ventral margin; aedeagus without distiphallus; ejaculatory apodeme usually present, small.Discussion.Worldwide, Limnellia includes 22 species (MATHIS & ZATWARNICKI 1995) that occur in most temperate regions of the world or at higher elevations in subtropical and tropical zones.
Although now stable, the early nomenclatural history of Limnellia reflects the lack of communications among workers on the genus and our very fragmentary knowledge about these shore flies on a world basis.MALLOCH (1925) first described Limnellia from a female specimen collected in Sydney, Australia.Just five years later CRESSON (1930) and COLLIN (1930), in separate but coincidental publications, redescribed the genus as Eustigoptera and Stictoscatella, respectively.Both Cresson and ZOOLOGIA 31 (6): 561-576, December, 2014 Collin based their genus-group names on the same generitype, Notiphila quadrata Fallén, 1813.Although Fallén's species was originally known only from Scandinavia, it is now known to be Holarctic in distribution (MATHIS 1978, MATHIS & ZATWARNICKI 1995) but is obviously quite disjunct from the southeastern coast of Australia where its congener, which is the generitype of Limnellia, is found.DUDA (1942), in an unusual paper from the standpoint of nomenclature, redescribed Limnellia yet again, this time as the subgenus Stranditella of the genus Lamproscatella Hendel.Duda also based Stranditella on the generitype, Notiphila quadrata.Duda's paper is unconventional in having most of the new genus-group and several of the included new species names as patronyms, all based on his colleague, Embrik Strand (1876Strand ( -1953)).
Limnellia itatiaia Mathis, 1980 Limnellia itatiaia Mathis, 1980: 24 [Brazil Diagnosis.This species is distinguished from related congeners by the following combination of characters: Small shore flies, body length of allotype 1.72 mm (abdomen of holotype removed before it was measured).Head: Head ratio 0.69.Frons mostly dark golden brown to blackish brown with faint metallic luster; parafrons wedge-shaped anteriorly, coloration gray to brownish gray; narrowly gray colored also along posterolateral margins of mesofrons.Face grayish to brownish, thin stripe along oral margin and to a lesser extent antennal fovea distinctly impressed but shallow.Eye ratio 0.91; gena-to-eye ratio 0.08.Thorax: Wing ratio 0.47; costal vein ratio 0.22; M vein ratio 0.72; maculation pattern of wing as follows: cell r 1 with 4-5 white spots, if apical one present not as evident; cell r 3 with 4 white spots, each well developed and evenly spaced along cell; cell r 5 with 5-6 poorly defined white spots, each small, apical ones frequently abutting; discal cell with 2-3 white spots, apical one better developed; cell m 2 with 2 white spots; cell m 4 with 2-3 white areas, generally guttate.Halter blackish.Legs entirely dark, blackish brown, unicolorous.Abdomen: Male terminalia as follows: Epandrium higher than wide in posterior view, rounded dorsally, more or less truncate ventrally; surstylus subtriangular in posterior view, ventrolateral margins emarginated, generally setose; aedeagus in lateral view longer than wide, with shallowly V-shaped notch along dorsum; phallapodeme attached to posterior portion of aedeagus and extended ventrally.
Specimens examined from Brazil.Minas Gerais: Ouro Preto (20°23.Diagnosis.Scatella is distinguished from other genera of the tribe Scatellini by the following combination of characters: Minute to small shore flies, body length 0.80-3.00mm.Head: Frons dull usually with distinct, subshiny to shiny mesofrons; 2 lateroclinate fronto-orbital seta.Antenna short, dark colored; pedicel with strong seta ventrally; basal flagellomere round; arista macropubescent to at most bearing short, hair-like, dorsal branches.Face moderately protuberant, uniformly sclerotized, lacking processes; facial setae conspicuous, usually 1-2 dorsoclinate setae, 4-8 setae on the oral margin.Eye nearly round.Gena short to moderately high; maxillary palpus elongate, mostly dark, exceptionally yellow.Thorax: Mesonotum generally dark colored, microtomentose, density of microtomentum varying, generally unicolorous or with longitudinal stripes, not conspicuously multicolored with pattern of bands and/or spots; dorsocentral setae usually 2 (0+2), sometimes 3 (1+2, Neoscatella); scutellum flat, disc bare, bearing 2 pairs of marginal setae; pleural region generally gray, paler than mesonotum.Wing faintly to conspicuously infuscate with white spots distributed over much of wing, but exceptionally within cell r 1 ; costa long, extended to vein M; wings reduced in a few species; legs typical, usually without distinct setae (ventral row of spinulae on midtibiae of males of some species); color of tarsi variable; stem of halter short, head oval, white.Abdomen: Tergites gray to brown, microtomentose, sometimes with lighter posterior margins, or mostly shiny, blackish brown.Male terminalia: Epandrium a closed plate, rarely separated anteriorly; cerci completely round; gonal arch divided ventrally, in most cases separated into 3 parts: 2 lateral gonites and a ventral bandlike neohypandrium that may be reduced; gonites elongate, sharply terminated, sometimes bearing setae on dorsal margin of anterior portion; hypandrium as a more or less sinuous band; phallapodeme reduced; ejaculatory apodeme large, band-like, wide at connection with aedeagus; aedeagus shoeshaped in lateral view, in most species bearing narrow, un-or paired sinuous ventral process that originates from ventral side of distal aedeagal margin.
Discussion.Although there are slight and subtle differences in the conformation of structures of the male terminalia of Scatella, they are not as evident, for example, as in the genera Limnellia or Scatophila, and we have not generally relied on them in this paper.Oft times the shape of the male sternites, especially sternites four and five, are more diagnostic (OLAFSSON 1991).
Discussion.Although the species groups that have been recognized within Neoscatella (MATHIS & WIRTH 1981) are likely monophyletic (bicolor group, immaculata group, austrina group), the monophyly of the subgenus remains questionable.We suspect that the Neotropical species now placed in the subgenus Neoscatella (S. curtipennis (Becker), S. furens Cresson, Scatella gestiens Cresson, S. gregaria Cresson) do not form a monophyletic group with S. (Neoscatella) atra (Malloch), the type species of this subgenus.
There are now 35 species in this subgenus (MATHIS & ZATWARNICKI 1995) with the vast majority occurring in the Australasian and Oceanian Regions.In the Brazilian fauna, we have discovered a single species, which is described below.
Natural history.We collected adults of this species on maritime beaches, especially where there was vegetation, such as the mangal at the type locality.
Etymology.The species epithet, praia, is the Portuguese word for beach, the habitat where this species is found in southern Brazil.The species epithet is a noun in apposition.
Remarks.This species is smaller than most Neotropical species of the subgenus Neoscatella and differs from them in being smaller in length, having a whitish to silvery gray face, and having a normally developed wing.This is the first and thus far the only species of this subgenus known from Brazil, although the lengthy maritime beaches of Brazil have not been well sampled for shore flies and other species may yet be discovered.Diagnosis.The subgenus Scatella is distinguished from other subgenera of the genus Scatella by the following combination of characters: Head: Setae of pedicel, if present, short, not more than ½ length of arista.Thorax: Dorsocentral setae 2, both postsutural (0+2); 1 prominent, presutural acrostichal seta; postsutural supra-alar seta reduced, ½ length of postalar seta; scutellar disc bare.Wing generally infuscate with evident pattern of white spots.Setae of midcoxa short; male midfemur lacking row of setae; pulvilli evident, normally developed, tarsal claws normally developed, not conspicuously elongate.Diagnosis.This species is distinguished from related congeners by the following combination of characters: Small to moderately small shore flies, body length 1.65-2.10mm; general coloration brown.Head: Mesofrons partially microtomentose, subshiny; basal flagellomere black; gena low, height less than 1/3 eye height.Gena short, gena-to-eye ratio 0.10-0.11.Thorax: Both notopleural setae inserted at about same level; wing with white spots moderately conspicuous, cell R 2+3 with 1 white spot, cell R 4+5 with 2 spots, wing infuscate and with several pale spots; costal vein ratio 0.18-0.19;M vein ratio 0.58-0.60.Abdomen: Length of male tergites 2-3 about equal; length of tergite 4 conspicuously longer, subequal to tergite 5.
Type locality.BRAZIL, Paraná: Curitiba (Parque Iguaçu, 25°33.4'S,49°13.6'W;880 m).Parque Iguaçu is an extensive public wetlands with several ponds and some slow flowing lotic aquatic systems in the southern portion of the municipality of Curitiba.The primary site where we sampled the local shorefly fauna was just north of a zoo.Livestock forage at this locality, which is largely open pastures, although there are some wooded areas where the substrate is in deep shade, is mostly bare, and is often wet if not muddy.Mosquitoes abound in the wooded areas.
Etymology.The species epithet, rara, is the Portuguese word for rare and refers to the apparent scarcity of this species.
Remarks.The shiny, black abdomen and more pronounced spotting in the wing pattern distinguish this species from congeners, especially S. obscura, which occurs microsympatrically and is often more abundant at the same local.On average, specimens are also slightly larger than those of S. obscura.
This species may be more abundant in the austral spring from November through January.Most specimens were collected in November, and after January, no further specimens were collected despite repeated attempts to find and sample them.
Most specimens collected in November were captured by sweeping the surface of accumulated piles of partially decomposing water lettuce along the sides of a small spillway.The surrounding area was thoroughly sampled without encountering specimens elsewhere.

The triseta group
Diagnosis.Species of the triseta group are distinguished by their size usually larger than other Scatella, body length 2.20-4.00mm.
Discussion.MATHIS & SHEWELL (1978) first recognized and characterized the triseta group, which is in the nominate subgenus Scatella and which then included three Nearctic species that occur in the western United States and Canada.They also docu-ZOOLOGIA 31 (6): 561-576, December, 2014 mented the monophyly of the species group, which is based on two synapomorphies (facial setae distinctly curved dorsally; acrostichal setulae usually lacking posterior of enlarged, sutural pair).MATHIS & ZUMBADO (2005) described the first Neotropical species of this species group, S. savegre, from specimens collected in Costa Rica, and herein a second species is described.Scatella (Scatella) plaumanni sp.nov. 10 Diagnosis.This species is distinguished from congeners, especially those of the triseta group, by the following combination of characters: Moderately small to medium-sized shore flies, body length 2.70-2.85mm; generally dark colored.Head (Figs 6-7): Mesofrons mostly subshiny, dark brown, mostly bare of microtomentum except for moderately narrow area immediately anterior of anteromedial ocellus and extended to frontal suture; parafrons and fronto-orbits dark brown, microtomentose; ocelli arranged in almost equilateral triangle with distance between posterior pair slightly greater than that between either posterior ocellus and anteromedial ocellus.Face bicolored, between antennae and dorsum of interfoveal hump dark brown to brown, contrasted with more grayish brown ventral portion, lateral margin of facial prominence faintly bluish gray.Gena concolorous with lateral portions of face, slightly more than 1/ 4 eye height; gena-to-eye ratio 0.19-0.21;eye almost round, slightly higher than wide.Thorax: Mesonotum mostly dark brown, subshiny, thinly microtomentose, becoming lighter brown and more microtomentose laterally; scutellum weakly convex; postpronotum very light tan to gray; notopleuron brown, densely microtomentose; pleural area generally gray, densely microtomentose, except for brown posterodorsal 1/3 of anepisternum and faintly brown area at ventral margin of anepisternum.Wing of male (Fig. 10) mostly uniformly lightly to moderately brown, with white spots faint but evident (middle of cell r 2+3 ; 2 in cell r 4+5 ; 1 subapical in cell dm) but no apical, brown linear spot at apex of vein R 2+3 and R 4+5 ; wing of female similar to male; costal vein ratio 0.13-0.16;M vein ratio 0.52-0.56.Legs with femora gray to grayish brown, becoming slightly darker posteroapically; hindfemora shiny blackish brown posteriorly; tibiae blackish brown to black; tarsi black.Abdomen: Dorsum of tergites dark brown, subshiny; basal tergites slightly lighter, especially laterally; ventral portion of tergites becoming gray.Structures of male terminalia not described or illustrated as they are similar to other congeners of the triseta group.
Type material.The holotype male of Scatella plaumanni is labeled "   Etymology.The species epithet, plaumanni, is a Latin genitive patronym to honor Fritz Plaumann (deceased), collector extraordinaire, whose carefully prepared specimens have contributed significantly to the study of Brazil's insect biodiversity.
Remarks.This species substantially extends the range of the triseta group and is somewhat disjunct from the other included species.We suspect, however, that this apparent disjunction will disappear once we have a better sampling of shore flies from localities between outliers of the disjunction.Frey, 1954, original designation. -Zatwarnicki, 1991: 329 [synonymy].

Scatophila Becker, 1896
Diagnosis.Scatophila is distinguished from other genera of the tribe Scatellini by the following combination of characters: Very small shore flies, body length 0.80-2.00mm.Head: Frons mostly dull without distinct ocellar triangle; generally 1 fronto-orbital seta (some Neotropical species with 2).Antenna short, dark colored; pedicel with strong seta ventrally; basal flagellomere round; arista almost bare, without long dorsal branches.Face projected, sometimes central portion membranous and distinctly incised or oral margin with medial process (sexual dimorphism is frequently evident in the conformation of the face); facial setae conspicuous, exceptionally directed upwards, inserted mostly in the middle and ventral portions of face, 4-8 setae on the oral margin.Eye nearly round.Genal seta generally present; genal height variable.Maxillary palpus elongate, mostly dark, exceptionally yellow.Thorax: Mesonotum microtomentose, appearing with a multicolorus pattern of bands and/or spots in many species; generally 2 postsutural dorsocentral setae, rarely 3 (then with 1 presutural seta); scutellum flat, disc bare, bearing 4 posterior setae laterally; pleurae generally gray, lighter than mesonotum; stem of halter short, head oval, white.Wing faintly to conspicuously infuscate with white spots distributed over most of wing, but exceptionally within cell R 1 ; costa short, extended to vein R 4+5 ; wings reduced in a few species.Legs typical, usually without distinct setae (ventral row of spinulae on mid tibiae of males of some species); color of tarsi variable.Abdomen: Tergites gray microtomentose, sometimes with lighter posterior margins, or entirely shining black.Male terminalia as follows: epandrium a closed plate; cerci completely round, rarely separated anteriorly; gonites elongate, sharply terminated, sometimes bearing setae on dorsal margin of anterior portion; hypandrium as a more or less sinuous band; phallapodeme broad on margin connected to dorsal aedeagal opening; aedeagus shoe-shaped in lateral    19): Distal margin of epandrium in posterior view (Fig. 16) medially incised, incision moderately narrow and deep, width of lobe on either side twice width of incision; epandrium in lateral view (Fig. 17) shoe-like with apex slightly curved posteriorly and pointed; cercal cavity round with semi-hemispherical cerci; aedeagus in lateral view (Fig. 19) generally compact, anterior margin rounded, posterior margin with 1 short, narrow, subapical prong, apex pointed, in ventral view (Fig. 18) generally round except for pointed ventral apex; phallapodeme in lateral view (Fig. 19) L-shaped with arms subequal, inner margin of L with bump at vertex and with a short extension on arm extended to base of aedeagus, in ventral view (Fig. 18) compactly T-shaped, crossbar twice length of stem; gonite in lateral view (Fig. 19) irregularly Y-shaped, ventral extension, the stem of the Y, slightly swollen, pointed apically, arms subequal in width and length, in ventral view (Fig. 18) with 2 right angle bends, wider basally, thereafter toward apex tapered, apex narrowly rounded; neohypandrium reduced.Type material.The holotype male is labeled "BRAZIL.Paraná: Bocaiúva do Sul (25°14.9'S,49°08.Type locality.BRAZIL, Paraná: Bocaiúva do Sul (ca. 10 km NW; 25°14.9'S,49°08.9'W;890 m).
Etymology.The species epithet, darrowae, is a Latin genitive patronym to honor Karolyn Darrow, who expertly took the photographs of heads and wings that are published in this paper and that greatly enhance recognition of those species.
Remarks.This species is similar and apparently closely related to S. avida Cresson, especially externally.Structures of the male terminalia, especially the shape of the ventral epandrial margin, distinguish this species from congeners, including S. avida.Scatophila dianneae sp.nov.Figs 12,[20][21][22][23][24][25] Diagnosis.This species is distinguished from related congeners by the following combination of characters: Small shore flies, body length 1.10-1.30mm; generally dark brown to black.Head (Figs 20-21): Mesofrons dark brown with a faint gray, lateral stripe.Face with dorsal hump brown and with moderately wide brown stripe on each side of face just dorsad of epistomal margin, otherwise face gray to tan.Gena very low with gena-toeye ratio 0.06-0.08.Thorax: Mesonotum mostly dark brown with medial stripe gray anteriorly and posteriorly and with spots laterally at posterior 1/3 and with 2 wider stripes anteriorly on either side of acrostichal track; with a presutural spot laterad of dorsocentral track and a long, postsutural gray stripe; postpronotum gray and with gray area anterodorsad of notopleuron; apex of scutellum gray; notopleuron and rest of pleural area mostly dark brown but with gray horizontal stripe just ventrad of notopleuron.Wing (Fig. 12) generally brown with numerous, conspicuous white spots; vein R 2+3 conspicuously sinuous, cell R 2+3 with 4 white spots, cell R 4+5 with 2 spots; costal vein ratio 0.59-0.61;M vein ratio 0.54-0.64.Coxae and femora black to blackish brown; tibiae brown; tarsi brown, becoming darker brown apically.Abdomen: Tergites moderately bare, subshiny to shiny, with some gray areas laterally on tergites 3-4.Male terminalia (Figs 22-25): Ventral epandrial margin in posterior view (Fig. 22) broadly bilobed with wide, rounded V-shaped gap between lobes, apex of each lobe rounded, in lateral view (Fig. 23) with apical ¾ more or less rectangular, dorsal ¼ strap-like; aedeagus in lateral view (Fig. 25) deeply incised basally and with a secondary, shallow, wide gap posteriorly toward base, remainder of aedeagus broadly sack-like, with a long, slender, curved ventral aedeagal process, in ventral view (Fig. 24) broadly ovate; phallapodeme in lateral view (Fig. 25) L-shaped with short, knob-like keel; in ventral view (Fig. 24) as a spool; gonite in lateral view (Fig. 25) more or less Y-shaped with arms projected anteriorly, apex of gonite truncate, setulose, in ventral view (Fig. 24) with lateral projection thin, elongate, curved, thickened basally, acutely pointed apically, anterior arm band-like, extended to base of phallapodeme; neohypandrium in lateral view (Fig. 25) elongate, slender, nearly straight.
Etymology.The species epithet, dianneae, is a Latin genitive patronym to honor N. Dianne Mathis, who collected the holotype of this species.Dianne is also a unique and colorful friend and companion and the wife of the first author.
Remarks.This species is readily distinguished from congeners by the wing pattern of markings and venation.The shapes of the head and of structures of the male terminalia also distinguish this species.
6): 561-576, December, 2014 view, in most species bearing narrow, un-or paired sinuous ventral process that originates from ventral side of distal aedeagal margin; ejaculatory apodeme lacking.Discussion.As is the case for Scatophila in the Neotropical Region generally, there are undoubtedly additional congeners to be discovered and described from Brazil.Many undescribed species are known from Andean countries where Scatophila is especially diverse at higher elevations.