Platypalpus anomalicerus (Becker, 1902)

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Material examined

MOROCCO – Rif • 1 ♀; Oued Laou; 16 Mar. 2021; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB . – Middle Atlas • 1 ♀; Zaouyat Ifrane; 2 Apr. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Oued Oum Rbiaa; 1 May 2023; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB . – High Atlas • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Bni Tadjite; 9 Apr. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; RBINS • 33 ♂♂, 35 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; LESCB • 2 ♂♂; Tahannaout; 25 Mar. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB . – Anti-Atlas • 1 ♀; Boudnibe; 3 Apr. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 23 ♂♂, 17 ♀♀; Bouanane; 5 Apr. 2017; sweep net; Y. Fekrani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♀; Aoufouss; 26 Sep. 2022; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB .

Moroccan literature records

Eastern Morocco: Oued Guir; Anti-Atlas: Agadir (Séguy 1941; Grootaert & Chvála 1992; Kettani et al. 2022).

Distribution outside Morocco

Algeria, Egypt, Italy (Raffone 2005).

Remarks

This is the first record of Platypalpus anomalicerus from the Rif, Middle Atlas and High Atlas regions.