A new species of Docosia Winnertz, 1864 and new records of fungus gnats (Diptera, Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae and Mycetophilidae) from North Africa

By

El Mouden, Mohamed Amin
Chandler, Peter J.
Saidoun, Imane
Driauach, Ouafaa
Belqat, Boutaïna

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1233

Pages

349--379

Subjects

Biodiversity , Caves , Description , Distribution , Middle Atlas , Morocco , National Park of Tazekka , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1233.130502

 

Abstract

A new species of Mycetophilidae in the genus Docosia Winnertz, 1864 is described, Docosia tazekkae Chandler, El Mouden & Belqat, sp. nov., with the addition of eighteen new records of fungus gnats to the fauna of North Africa. Most of the new taxa of fungus gnats are found in Morocco, especially in the National Park of Tazekka, where a total of 69 species are recorded for the first time, thus enriching the fauna of these gnats in the Middle Atlas region; the greatest species richness is observed in caves. All these findings attest to the high biodiversity of the fungus gnats in Morocco, which, among the North African countries, has the best-known fauna.