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Psilopa obscuripes Loew 1860

Description

Psilopa obscuripes Loew, 1860

Material examined. Morocco, Rif: 2♂♂ 3♀♀, Ruisselet El Anassar (35°00'78.8"N 4°57'41.9"W, 1183 m), 24.V.2013, Belqat leg., sweep net; 1♀, Oued Lkbir (34°54'47.9"N 5°83'17.0"W, 684 m), 22.V.2021, Akhrif leg., sweep net.

Distribution in Morocco. Rif: Oued Azla (near bridge, 80 m). Central Plateau: Larache (5 m), Lower Loukous saltmarsh (2 m). Middle Atlas: Khénifra (28 km S of Timahdit, 2100 m). (Ebejer et al., 2019).

General distribution. Palaearctic: Austria, Bulgaria, Canada (Quebec), Canary Islands, France, Germany, Greece, Jordan, Madeira Islands, Morocco, Spain, Türkiye, United States (Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 1995).

Notes

Published as part of Akhrif, Rachida, Aattouch, Khalid, Beni-Eich, Mourad, Beuk, Paul L. Th., Bouzrarf, Khadija, Akarid, Abdellatif & Belqat, Boutaïna, 2025, New records of shore flies (Diptera, Ephydridae) from Morocco, pp. 783-804 in Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (3) on page 799, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.3.783, http://zenodo.org/record/17025276

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References

  • Ebejer, M. J., Kettani, K. & Gatt, P. (2019) First records of families and species of Diptera (Insecta) from Morocco. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa (S. E. A.), 64, 143-153.
  • Mathis, W. N. & Zatwarnicki, T. (1995) A world catalog of the shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae). Memoirs on Entomology International, 4, vi + 423 p.