New records of leaf-miner flies (Diptera, Agromyzidae) from Morocco

By

Doukale Daief, Mourad
Tschirnhaus, Michael von
Kettani, Kawtar

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1230

Pages

81--97

Subjects

Agromyzidae , Faunistics , Flies , Moroccan fauna

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1230.141900

 

Abstract

New records are provided of the family Agromyzidae (leaf-miner flies) from Morocco. Thirty agromyzid species are newly recorded, seven of these in Agromyzinae: Agromyza (Agromyza anthracina, A. conjuncta, A. mobilis, A. myosotidis, A. nigrescens), Hexomyza (H. simples), and Ophiomyia (O. pinguis). The other 23 new records are in Phytomyzinae: Amauromyza (Cephalomyza) karli, Calycomyza flavomaculata, C. solidaginis, Cerodontha (Butomomyza) eucaricis, C. (Dizygomyza) luctuosa, C. (Icteromyza) geniculata, Chromatomyia centaurii, Liriomyza amoena, L. brassicae, L. strigata, Phytoliriomyza arctica, P. perpusilla, P. pteridii, Phytomyza anemones, Ph. clematidis, Ph. crassiseta, Ph. notata, Ph. plantaginis, Ph. rufipes, Ph. vitalbae, Pseudonapomyza confusa, Ps. palavae, and Ps. vota. The genus Calycomyza Hendel is newly reported from the country. The present study is based on recent entomological surveys and has increased the total number of agromyzid species in Morocco to 92. Information on the distribution and ecology of each species is provided.