title: The identity of the genus Scatocoenosia Schnabl, 1915 (Diptera: Muscidae).
abstract: A re-description is given of the problematic genus and species Scatocoenosia cordyluraeformis Schnabl, 1915. Illustrations of the male and female terminalia, and images of the female holotype and the male of this species, are given. The syno-nymy of Scatocoenosia Schnabl, 1915 with Spilogona Schnabl, 1911 is confirmed, and notes are given on the relationships of S. cordyluraeformis with other Spilogona species.
authors.affiliation: Siberian Zoological Museum, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Frunze Street 11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia.; Email: sorokinavs@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Vera S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Sorokina
authors.affiliation: Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW, United Kingdom; Email: pont.muscidae@btinternet.com.
authors.forename: Adrian C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pont
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009117:Muscidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D012426:Russia