Platypalpus verbekei Grootaert & Chvála, 1992

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 : 48-49

Platypalpus verbekei Grootaert & Chvála, 1992

Fig. 34

Material examined

MOROCCO – Rif • 1 ♂; Amaghousse; 8 Apr. 2018; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Jnane Niche; 8 Jan. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Oued Afertane; 19 Dec. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Oued Taida; 20 Apr. 2021; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Oued Tanina; 22 Apr. 2021; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Oued Azoumagh; 2 May 2021; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; RBINS • 1 ♂; beach of Briyech; 5 Jan. 2023; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; beach of Briyech; 9 Jan. 2023; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB. – High Atlas • 1 ♂; Tahannaout; 25 Mar. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB .

Distribution outside Morocco

Algeria, France, Spain ( Grootaert & Chvála 1992; De Jong et al. 2014; Ventura et al. 2015).

Remarks

This is the first record of Platypalpus verbekei from Morocco and the second record from North Africa after its report by Ventura et al. (2015) from Algeria.According to the original description in Grootaert & Chvála (1992) from France, the Moroccan specimen is entirely compatible with the morphological description and the genitalia illustrations. It is also compatible with the Algerian specimen re-described and illustrated by Ventura et al. (2015).

Figures

Fig. 34. Platypalpus verbekei Grootaert & Chvála, 1992, ♂, habitus (Oued Azoumagh, RBINS).