Platypalpus chrysonotus Strobl, 1899

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 : 47-48

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.951.2645

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13735858

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scientific name

Platypalpus chrysonotus Strobl, 1899
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Platypalpus chrysonotus Strobl, 1899 View in CoL

Fig. 33 View Fig

Material examined

MOROCCO – Rif • 3 ♂♂; Barrage Moulay Bouchta ; 5 Apr. 2014; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB 2 ♂♂; Jbel Zemzem ; 17 Apr. 2014; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB 1 ♂; Perdicaris ; 16 May 2015; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; RBINS 3 ♂♂; Adrou ; 14–15 Jul. 2015; Malaise trap; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB 1 ♂; Oued Sifalaou ; 17 Apr. 2016; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB 2 ♂♂; Oued Souk Elhad ; 30 Apr. 2016; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB 1 ♂; Oued Farda ; 16 May 2016; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB 1 ♂; Achetta ; 22 Apr. 2018; sweep net; F.Z. Sliman leg.; RBINS 1 ♂; Rahbat Amlay ; 2 May 2018; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB 2 ♂♂; Oued Azoumagh ; 2 Dec. 2021; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB 1 ♂; Ametrasse ; 20 May 2022; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg. 1 ♂; Rmel ; 16 May 2022; sweep net; M. Nourti leg.; LESCB . – Eastern Morocco • 6 ♂♂; Ain Chebak ; 9 Apr. 2017; sweep net; N.H. El Ouazzani leg.; LESCB . – High Atlas • 2 ♂♂; Oued Imlil ; 25 Mar. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB .

Moroccan literature records

Rif: Oued Laou ( Ebejer et al. 2019).

Distribution outside Morocco

Algeria, Spain, Tunisia ( Grootaert & Chvála 1992).

Remarks

This is the first record of Platypalpus chrysonotus from the Eastern and High Atlas regions.

Ebejer M. J., Kettani K. & Gatt P. 2019. First records of families and species of Diptera (Insecta) from Morocco. Boletin de la Sociedad entomologica aragonesa 64: 143 - 153.

Grootaert P. & Chvala M. 1992. Monograph of the genus Platypalpus (Diptera: Empidoidea, Hybotidae) of the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands. Acta Universitatis Carolinae - Biologica 36 (1 - 2): 1 - 226.

Gallery Image

Fig. 33. Platypalpus chrysonotus Strobl, 1899, ♂, habitus (Oued Farda, LESCB).

LESCB

LESCB

RBINS

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Hybotidae

SubFamily

Tachydromiinae

Genus

Platypalpus