Platypalpus anomalitarsis Chvála & Kovalev, 1974

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 : 45-46

Platypalpus anomalitarsis Chvála & Kovalev, 1974

Fig. 31

Material examined

MOROCCO – Rif • 1 ♂; Oued Mhannech ; 13 Dec. 2013; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Merj Lkhayl ; 11 Dec. 2015; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Dayat Tazia ; 23 Apr. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♀; Oued Tkaraa ; 5 Jan. 2018; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Cascade Chrafate ; 2 May 2018; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Dbani ; 19 May 2018; sweep net; M. Nourti leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Bni Bounsar ; 13–31 May 2018; Malaise trap; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 2 ♀♀; Azilane ; 27 Apr. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 2 ♀♀; Dayat Aanassar ; 22 Mar. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 2 ♀♀; Cascade Chrafate ; 22 Mar. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Azilane ; 27 Apr. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; RBINS • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Bouslimane ; 28 Apr. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; maison forestière; 28 Apr. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Sefihat Telj; 5 Oct. 2019; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 2 ♂♂; Rmel; 24 Feb. 2020; sweep net; M. Nourti leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Azilane ; 4 Mar. 2020; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Zaouya ; 6 Apr. 2021; sweep net; M. Nourti leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Douar Adder ( Tasselt ); 22 Apr. 2021; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 2 ♀♀; Dayat Fifi ; 6 May 2021; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 4 ♂♂; Amsemlil ; 17 Feb. 2022; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Seguia Anssar Afeska ; 27 Mar. 2022; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 1 ♀; Medchar Lemtahene ; 17 Mar. 2022; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; El Maounzel ; 27 Mar. 2022; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Lalla Outka ; 27 Mar. 2022; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Medchar Lemtahene ; 9 Apr. 2022; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; RBINS • 4 ♂♂, 18 ♀♀; Bni Bounsar ; 1–30 Apr. 2022; Malaise trap; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB . – Atlantic Plain • 1 ♂; Forest of Maâmora ; 5 Mar. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB . – Middle Atlas • 1 ♀; Tazekka summit; 23 Apr. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 2 ♂♂; Chiker ; 13 Mar. 2023; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 2 ♂♂; Boughayati ; 14 Mar. 2023; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 5 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Moudmame Forest ; 12 Oct. 2023; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Kharzouza Forest ; 12 Oct. 2023; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Ras El Ma ; 13 Oct. 2023; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Oued Sidi Rached ; 13 Oct. 2023; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Ain Vittel ; 13 Oct. 2023; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB . – High Atlas • 1 ♂ 1 ♀; Asni ; 25 Mar. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♀; Tabant ; 31 Oct. 2021; sweep net; S. Fekrani leg.; LESCB . – Anti Atlas • 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Boudnibe ; 3 Apr. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB .

Moroccan literature records

Middle Atlas: Ifrane; Anti-Atlas: Errachidia ( Ebejer et al. 2019; Kettani et al. 2022).

Distribution outside Morocco

Algeria, Spain ( De Jong et al. 2014; Ventura et al. 2015).

Remarks

This is the first record of Platypalpus anomalitarsis from the Rif, Atlantic Plain and High Atlas regions.

Figures

Fig. 31. Platypalpus anomalitarsis Chvála & Kovalev, 1974, ♂, habitus (Amsemlil, LESCB).