Subspecies
No subspecies are recognized.
Synonyms
Scatophaga decipiens Haliday (in Curtis), 1832
Scathophaga decipiens (Haliday (in Curtis), 1832)
Coniosternum decipiens (Haliday (in Curtis), 1832)
Conisternum decipiens (Haliday (in Curtis), 1832)
Scatophaga dalmatica Becker, 1894
Scathophaga dalmatica (Becker, 1894)
Note: the case with Conisternum, Koniosternum and Coniosternum is
similar to the Nanna/Amaurosoma case. The initial concept for this genus
traces from Becker, who published this genus name in May 1894 as
Koniosternum and Coniosternum (the former is probably a misprint).
However, Strobl has published the name (as Conisternum) about 2 months
earlier by citing from Becker´s unpublished manuscript. Thus, although
Strobl only used Becker´s manuscript names and certainly did not intend
to be the official author, he has published the names first and must be
treated as the author and his spelling as the valid spelling.
Identification
No information has been entered yet.
Distribution
Initially only known from the UK and Ireland, the species has
meanwhile been reported from many locations across Europe, western Asia
and northern Africa. However, some of these reports may actually be
misidentifications (see e.g.
Ozerov and Freidberg 2010).
Not recorded from Germany yet, but the distribution of this little-known
species is incompletely known and recent reports from the Netherlands, Denmark
and Austria indicate that the species might also occur in Germany and
may have been overlooked so far. Misidentifications might indeed blur
the real distribution of this species: many "Conisternum decipiens"
reported in the literature might actually be other species, while in
other countries true Conisternum decipiens may have been misidentified
for more common Scathophaga species. Therefore finds of unusual
"Scathophaga" specimens from Germany should be checked carefully for
their identity.
Biology
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