Platypalpus boreoalpinus Frey, 1943

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 : 44-45

Platypalpus boreoalpinus Frey, 1943

Fig. 30

Material examined

MOROCCO – Rif • 1 ♀; Oued Tassikeste ; 5 Jan. 2023; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB . – Atlantic Plain • 2 ♂♂; Forest of Maâmora ; 5 Mar. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; RBINS . – High Atlas • 1 ♂; Timalizene ; 24 Mar. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB .

Distribution outside Morocco

Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland ( De Jong et al. 2014).

Remarks

This is the first record of Platypalpus boreoalpinus from Morocco and North Africa. Its morphology corresponds completely to the description in Chvála (1975). Barták & Kubík (2016) discussed the variability in the male genitalia of this species. With regard to our specimens, the male genitalia agree exactly with that illustrated by Chvála (1975).

Figures

Fig. 30. Platypalpus boreoalpinus Frey, 1943, ♂, habitus (Timalizene, LESCB).