Platypalpus anomalicerus (Becker, 1902)

Zouhair, Laila, Grootaert, Patrick & Kettani, Kawtar, 2024, Twelve new species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Morocco, with additional new records, European Journal of Taxonomy 951 (1), pp. 1-53 : 43-44

Platypalpus anomalicerus (Becker, 1902)

Fig. 29

Material examined

MOROCCO – Rif • 1 ♀; Oued Laou; 16 Mar. 2021; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB . – Middle Atlas • 1 ♀; Zaouyat Ifrane; 2 Apr. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Oued Oum Rbiaa; 1 May 2023; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB . – High Atlas • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Bni Tadjite; 9 Apr. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; RBINS • 33 ♂♂, 35 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; LESCB • 2 ♂♂; Tahannaout; 25 Mar. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB . – Anti-Atlas • 1 ♀; Boudnibe ; 3 Apr. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 23 ♂♂, 17 ♀♀; Bouanane ; 5 Apr. 2017; sweep net; Y. Fekrani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♀; Aoufouss ; 26 Sep. 2022; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB .

Moroccan literature records

Eastern Morocco: Oued Guir; Anti-Atlas: Agadir ( Séguy 1941; Grootaert & Chvála 1992; Kettani et al. 2022).

Distribution outside Morocco

Algeria, Egypt, Italy ( Raffone 2005).

Remarks

This is the first record of Platypalpus anomalicerus from the Rif, Middle Atlas and High Atlas regions.

Figures

Fig. 29. Platypalpus anomalicerus (Becker, 1902), ♂, habitus (Boudnibe, LESCB).