The first records of eleven species of the genus Megaselia Rondani, 1856 from Morocco (Diptera, Phoridae)

By

Sliman, Fatima Zahra
Disney, R Henry L
Kettani, Kawtar

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-3-25

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

510--517

Subjects

Megadiverse genus , new records , scuttle fly

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.510

 

Abstract

We provide new records of scuttle flies, family Phoridae (Diptera), from Morocco, which has been very little studied. Eleven phorid species belonging to the immense genus Megaselia Rondani, 1856 are newly reported from the country, increasing the number of known species in Morocco to 12, and the number of Phoridae to 14. Information on the distribution and ecology of each species is provided.