ZooKeys (Apr 2024)

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

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1197.118503
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1197
pp. 215 – 236

Abstract

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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 ebejeri sp. nov., Leia arcana sp. nov., Megophthalmidia amsemlili sp. nov., Mycomya mira sp. nov., and Phthinia snibbypinsae sp. nov. Three species are newly recorded from Gibraltar.