Ozerov A.L.1, Krivosheina M.G.2 2016. To taxonomy of the genus Cleigastra Macquart, 1835 (Diptera: Scatophagidae) with description of two new species // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.25. No.1: 97–102 [in English].
1 Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Bol’shaya Nikitskaya 2, Moscow 125009, Russia. E-mail: ozerov2455@rambler.ru
2 A.N. Severtzov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia. E-mail: dipteramarina@rambler.ru
KEY WORDS: Diptera, Scathophagidae, Cleigastra, new species, Russia.
ABSTRACT. It is offered to concern the genera Cleigastra Macquart, 1835, Gonarcticus Becker, 1894, Gonatherus Rondani, 1856, Nanna Strobl, 1894, Orthacheta Becker, 1894 and Spathephilus Becker, 1894 as one genus Cleigastra sensu lato with the three subgenera Cleigastra sensu stricto, Gonatherus and Orthacheta. Two species, new to science, are described: Cleigastra (Cleigastra) intermedia sp.n. from Novosibirsk Oblast and Khabarovsk Kray (Russia), and Cleigastra (Orthacheta) maritima sp.n. from Primorskiy Kray (Russia).