TAXONOMIC CHARACTERS OF FAMILY SCATOPSIDAE (DIPTERA) WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW RECORD SPECIES, Scatopse fuscipes MEIGEN IN EGYPT

Family Scatopsidae represented by 104 unidentified specimens in the main reference insect collection of the Plant Protection Research Institute. Other specimens were collected recently for the present taxonomic study. The collected specimens as well as the specimens in the main collection are the source material and the first step for the identification of the species belonging to this family in Egypt. During the present study it was able to identify one species of the family which is Scatopse fuscipes Meigen (the subject of this study). Other specimens are still under identification. The present work include a description of the family, diagnostic characters of the subfamily Scatopsinae and genus scatopse together with the description of the species Scatopse fuscipes Meigen. Synonyms, taxonomic notes, illustrations and distribution are included.