Published September 3, 2024 | Version v1
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Platypalpus boreoalpinus Frey 1943

  • 1. Laboratory of Ecology, Systematics and Conservation of Biodiversity (LESCB), URL-CNRST N ° 18, FS, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tétouan, Morocco.
  • 2. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O. D. Phylogeny and Taxonomy, Entomology, Vautier Street 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium.

Description

Platypalpus boreoalpinus Frey, 1943

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Material examined

MOROCCO – Rif • 1 ♀; Oued Tassikeste; 5 Jan. 2023; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB. – Atlantic Plain • 2 ♂♂; Forest of Maâmora; 5 Mar. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; RBINS. – High Atlas • 1 ♂; Timalizene; 24 Mar. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB.

Distribution outside Morocco

Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland (De Jong et al. 2014).

Remarks

This is the first record of Platypalpus boreoalpinus from Morocco and North Africa. Its morphology corresponds completely to the description in Chvála (1975). Barták & Kubík (2016) discussed the variability in the male genitalia of this species. With regard to our specimens, the male genitalia agree exactly with that illustrated by Chvála (1975).

Notes

Published as part of Zouhair, Laila, Grootaert, Patrick & Kettani, Kawtar, 2024, Twelve new species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Morocco, with additional new records, pp. 1-53 in European Journal of Taxonomy 951 (1) on pages 44-45, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.951.2645, http://zenodo.org/record/13735747

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LESCB , RBINS
Event date
2017-03-05 , 2017-03-24 , 2023-01-05
Verbatim event date
2017-03-05 , 2017-03-24 , 2023-01-05
Scientific name authorship
Frey
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Hybotidae
Genus
Platypalpus
Species
boreoalpinus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Platypalpus boreoalpinus Frey, 1943 sec. Zouhair, Grootaert & Kettani, 2024

References

  • De Jong Y., Verbeek M., Michelsen V., Bjorn P. D. P., Los W., Steeman F., Bailly N., Basire C., Chylarecki P., Stloukal E., Hagedorn G., Wetzel F. T., Glockler F., Kroupa A., Korb G., Hoffmann A., Hauser C., Kohlbecker A., Muller A., ... & Penev L. 2014. Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e 4034. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / BDJ. 2. e 4034
  • Chvala M. 1975. The Tachydromiinae (Diptera; Empididae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 3: 1 - 336. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004272774
  • Bartak M. & Kubik S. 2016. New species and new synonyms in European Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae). Zootaxa 4175 (2): 142 - 154. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4175.2.2