Faunistic and bibliographical inventory of the Psychodinae moth-flies of North Africa (Diptera, Psychodidae).

Boutaïna Belqat,Hanan Afzan

doi:10.3897/zookeys.558.6593

Abstract

All published records for the 49 species of moth flies known from North Africa are reviewed and discussed: Morocco (27 species), Algeria (33 species), Tunisia (18 species) and Egypt (five species). In addition, records of seven species of Psychodinae new to the fauna of Morocco are added, of which three are new mentions for North Africa (Table 1) and one is a new record for Egypt. Telmatoscopus squamifer Tonnoir, 1922 is transferred to the genus Iranotelmatoscopus Ježek, 1987, comb. n. Satchelliella reghayana Boumezzough & Vaillant, 1987 is transferred to the genus Pneumia Enderlein, 1935, comb. n. Pneumia aberrans Tonnoir, 1922 is transferred to the subgenus Logima.

Highlights

Within Psychodidae, the Psychodinae form a highly derived subfamily containing the majority of psychodid species diversity
Stable classification is still lacking for the world fauna, since different generic and tribal concepts are still followed by several authors (Vaillant 1971–1983, 1990; Duckhouse 1987; Wagner and Beuk 2002; Ježek and Van Harten 2005; Kvifte 2011)
Contributions to Psychodinae of Morocco are very fragmented and remain patchy; the first record in this area was by Tonnoir (1920) and the first study was that of Vaillant (1955)

Summary

Introduction

Within Psychodidae, the Psychodinae form a highly derived subfamily containing the majority of psychodid species diversity. The world fauna of Psychodinae consists at present of approximately 2000 recognized and described species belonging to approximately 100 genera Their taxonomy is not yet satisfactory; a universally-agreed, Copyright Hanan Afzan, Boutaïna Belqat. A few years later, the same author (Vaillant 1958) published on the Psychodinae in North Africa and their range in Europe It took almost thirty years for another work on Psychodidae in southern Morocco; the survey in the High Atlas showed the presence of five species (Boumezzough and Vaillant 1986).

Material and methods

47. Oued Nile

Results