Abstract
A checklist of soldier flies species recorded from the North African countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt is based on both literature records and material newly collected in Morocco. Four subfamilies (Stratiomyinae, Sarginae, Nemotelinae, and Pachygasterinae), and twelve species from five genera have been collected and are recognized in Morocco. Pachygaster atra (Panzer, 1798), Oxycera pardalina (Meigen, 1822), Nemotelus danielssoni (Mason, 1989), and Oxycera terminata (Meigen, 1822) are newly recorded to the North African fauna. Nemotelus atriceps (Loew, 1856) and Nemotelus maculiventris (Bigot, 1861) are reported for the first time in Morocco. The present number of soldier flies known from Morocco is 33.
Highlights
Stratiomyids constitute one of the moderately large families of Diptera that exhibit an extreme array of morphological diversity, as well as a moderate range of life histories, with about 400 genera and about 2,700 species currently recognised worldwide
The first records of Moroccan Stratiomyidae were given by Becker and Stein (1912) in their study of the Diptera of Morocco
No comprehensive and specific study has been published on Moroccan stratiomyids
Summary
Stratiomyids (soldier flies) constitute one of the moderately large families of Diptera that exhibit an extreme array of morphological diversity, as well as a moderate range of life histories, with about 400 genera and about 2,700 species currently recognised worldwide (http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/2bda68991ddbf2b55b 5c7e66c8a125ad). Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Wales, Yugoslavia (Woodley 2001: 252); Sardinia (Mason et al 2009: 524); United Arab Emirates (Hauser 2014: 695-697).
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