Musca lutaria Fabricius, 1794: 344. ‘LECTOTYPE’: Germany, ‘Kiliae [= Kiel]’, designated by J. R. Vockeroth; designation not published (ZMHB).
Musca comito Harris, 1780: 117.? HOLOTYPE: ♀, Great Britain, SE England (depository unknown). Unavailable name; synonymized by PONT & MICHELSEN (1982: 31).
Note. The figure in the original publication shows a female from England. The name comito is a verb and thus not available according to ICZN (ICZN 1999; Article 11.9). Harris’ collection is generally considered to have been destroyed (PONT & MICHELSEN 1982: 26).
Scatomyza maculipes Zetterstedt, 1846: 1964. HOLOTYPE: J, Norway, ‘diversorium Suulstuen [= guesthouse at Suulstuen]’, labelled as follows: 1 st label ‘ C. maculipes J Suul norv.’; 2 nd label ‘Suul, Iug. alp. Norv. 11.- 15.7.40’ [= Norway, NTI (= Nord-Tröndelag, indre), Verdel, Sulstua] (MZLU) (H. Andersson 1974, pers. comm.). Synonymized by HACKMAN (1956: 18).
Scatophagella pallipes Szilády, 1926: 597, syn. nov. HOLOTYPE: J, Tunis, Ujhelyi leg.
Note. The type material was destroyed in Budapest in 1956.All characters of S. pallipes are within the limits of variability of S. lutaria and I therefore consider S. pallipes as a junior synonym of S. lutaria.
New records. ITALY: Sicily, 8.v.1840, 1 J, Schiner det. as ‘ lutaria ’; Sicily, Taormina, 22.-30.iv.1921, 1 ♀, Wagner leg.; Sicily, Taormina, 22.-30.iv.[19]21, 1 J, Czerny leg. (NHMW). ISRAEL: Har Meron, 1100 m a.s.l., 11.vi.1996, 1 J, Merz & Freiberg leg. (FSPC). LEBANON: Beirut, iv.1885, 2JJ, Dr. F. Lauthmed leg. (NHMW). SLOVENIA: Görz [= Nova Gorica], viii.1878, 1 ♀ (NHMW). SPAIN: Algeciras, 25.-30.iv.25, 1 ♀; 1.- 10.v.25, 1 ♀; 12.-20.v.1925, 1 J 1 ♀, all Czerny leg. (NHMW). RUSSIA: EUROPEAN PART, Moskva, Izmailovo, 17.ix.1986, 1 J, Barták leg. (FSPC). TURKEY: ANTALYA, Kanacay environs, near river, 600 m a.s.l., 4.v.1996, 1 ♀, Mocek leg. (FSPC).
Distribution. Algeria (SÉGUY 1934: 698); Austria (FRANZ 1989: 119); Bosnia-Hercegovina (STROBL 1900: 617); Czech Republic (ŠIFNER 2003a: 71); Denmark (DE JONG 2005); Estonia (ELBERG 1965: 352); Finland (HACKMAN 1980: 131); France (BECKER et al. 1910: 661, SÉGUY 1934: 698); Germany (PÜCHEL 1999: 187); Great Britain (CHANDLER 1998: 164); Hungary (DELY- DRASKOVITS 1981: 39, PAPP 2001a: 385); Ireland (CHANDLER 1998: 164); Israel (this paper); Italy (GORODKOV et al. 1995: 4); Lebanon (ŠIFNER 1981: 101); Netherlands (DE MEIJERE 1907: 164); Norway (NELSON & GREVE 2002: 46); Poland (DRABER- MONKO 1991: 232); Russia – European Russia, West Siberia (GORODKOV 1970: 451, this paper); Serbia (SÉGUY 1934: 698); Slovakia (ŠIFNER 2003a: 71); Slovenia (this paper); Spain (MORGE 1967: 169, CARLES- TOLRÁ 2006: 158); Sweden (HEDSTRÖM 1991: 144); Switzerland (MERZ & BÄCHLI 1998: 312); Tunisia (SÉGUY 1934: 698); Turkey (this paper).