Ozerov A.L., Krivosheina M.G. 2012. A review of World species of the genus Pleurochaetella Vockeroth, 1965 (Diptera: Scathophagidae) // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.21. No.4: 435–440 [in English].
1 Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Bol’shaya Nikitskaya 6, 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
ABSTRACT. Flies of the genus Pleurochaetella Vockeroth, which includes two species, are reviewed. One of them, new to science, Pleurochaetella barkalovi Ozerov, is described and the other species, P. simplicipes (Becker, 1900), is redescribed. Genus diagnosis, keys for determination of species are given, and data on distribution are summarized.