Platypalpus ostiorum (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 : 46-47

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.951.2645
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B17B7AE4-76A6-499C-A5E9-62A14D898484
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13750748
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/314BDF25-FF92-F229-806A-6E90DA51FA20
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Platypalpus ostiorum (Becker, 1902)
status

Treatment

Platypalpus ostiorum (Becker, 1902) View in CoL

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Material examined

MOROCCO – Rif • 1 ♂; Amaghousse ; 8 Apr. 2018; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 2 ♂♂; Oued Afertane ; 19 Dec. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Barrage Talembote ; 19 Dec. 2020; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Oued Talembote (Usine électrique); 16 Mar. 2021; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; RBINS . – Middle Atlas • 2 ♂♂; Dayat Zarhoun ; 1 Apr. 2018; sweep net; Y. Fekrani leg.; LESCB . – High Atlas • 1 ♂; Amizmiz ; 24 Mar. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; RBINS . – Anti-Atlas • 1 ♀; Taliouine ; 2 Dec. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB .

Moroccan literature records

Grootaert & Chvála 1992.

Distribution outside Morocco

Algeria, Corsica, Egypt, Italy, Malta, Spain, Tunisia ( Grootaert & Chvála 1992; De Jong et al. 2014).

Remarks

Grootaert & Chvála (1992) mentioned that Platypalpus ostiorum exists in Morocco, but no detailed records were given. Our records confirm the presence of this species in the country from the Rif and the Middle, High and Anti-Atlas regions.