New records of long-legged flies (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Morocco

Mohamed Nourti,Igor Ya Grichanov,Kawtar Kettani

doi:10.14258/abs.v5.i3.6514

Abstract

This paper provides new data on the distribution of 39 long-legged fly species (Diptera, Brachycera, Dolichopodidae) belonging to 19 genera from Morocco. Twelve species, Gymnopternus assimilis (Staeger, 1842), Hercostomus apollo (Loew, 1869), Hercostomus morenae (Strobl, 1899), Medetera media Parent, 1925, Medetera pallipes (Zetterstedt, 1843), Medetera petrophiloides Parent, 1925, Medetera aff. roghii Rampini et Canzoneri, 1979, Micromorphus minusculus Negrobov, 2000, Sciapus aff. negrobovi Naglis et Bartak, 2015, Campsicnemus simplicissimus Strobl, 1906, Sympycnus pulicarius (Fallén, 1823), and Syntormon pilitibia Grichanov, 2013 are newly added to the Moroccan insect fauna. In addition, available information on geographical distribution for each species is also included.

Highlights

Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Brachycera) is a large, diverse and cosmopolitan family of flies commonly known as long-legged flies, including 8,000 species in 250 genera (Grichanov, 2017).Morocco is part of the Mediterranean See Basin, lying between the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Sahara desert
Its territory can be conditionally divided into 7 natural areas: the North (Rif), East of Morocco (EM), Atlantic Plains (AP), Middle Atlas (MA), High Atlas (HA), Anti Atlas (AA) and Sahara (Rankou et al 2015; Kettani, Negrobov 2016)
Apart from the southeast regions, Morocco's climate and geography are very similar to the Iberian Peninsula

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Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Brachycera) is a large, diverse and cosmopolitan family of flies commonly known as long-legged flies, including 8,000 species in 250 genera (Grichanov, 2017).Morocco is part of the Mediterranean See Basin, lying between the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Sahara desert. Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Adygea, Alania, Baikal, Chechnya, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, Leningrad, Moscow, Voronezh, Yakutia), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (Antalya, Aydin, Denizli, Isparta, Kars, Mugla, Rize), UK, Ukraine; Afrotropical: South Africa, St. Helena.

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