New species and other new records of the family Mycetophilidae (Insecta, Diptera) from Morocco

By

El Mouden, Mohamed Amin
Chandler, Peter J.
Driauach, Ouafaa
Banamar, Ouarda
Saidoun, Imane
Abdellatif, Akarid
Khalid, Aattouch
Belqat, Boutaïna

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1197

Pages

215--236

Subjects

fungus gnats , Moroccan endemism , North Africa

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1197.118503

 

Abstract

Twelve species in nine genera of Mycetophilidae are newly recorded from Morocco and from North Africa. Five species are described as new to science: Rymosia ebejerisp. nov., Leia arcanasp. nov., Megophthalmidia amsemlilisp. nov., Mycomya mirasp. nov., and Phthinia snibbypinsaesp. nov. Three species are newly recorded from Gibraltar.