Platypalpus chrysonotus Strobl, 1899

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 : 47-48

Platypalpus chrysonotus Strobl, 1899

Fig. 33

Material examined

MOROCCO – Rif • 3 ♂♂; Barrage Moulay Bouchta ; 5 Apr. 2014; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 2 ♂♂; Jbel Zemzem ; 17 Apr. 2014; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Perdicaris ; 16 May 2015; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; RBINS • 3 ♂♂; Adrou ; 14–15 Jul. 2015; Malaise trap; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Oued Sifalaou ; 17 Apr. 2016; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 2 ♂♂; Oued Souk Elhad ; 30 Apr. 2016; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Oued Farda ; 16 May 2016; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Achetta ; 22 Apr. 2018; sweep net; F.Z. Sliman leg.; RBINS • 1 ♂; Rahbat Amlay ; 2 May 2018; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 2 ♂♂; Oued Azoumagh ; 2 Dec. 2021; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Ametrasse ; 20 May 2022; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg. • 1 ♂; Rmel ; 16 May 2022; sweep net; M. Nourti leg.; LESCB . – Eastern Morocco • 6 ♂♂; Ain Chebak ; 9 Apr. 2017; sweep net; N.H. El Ouazzani leg.; LESCB . – High Atlas • 2 ♂♂; Oued Imlil ; 25 Mar. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB .

Moroccan literature records

Rif: Oued Laou ( Ebejer et al. 2019).

Distribution outside Morocco

Algeria, Spain, Tunisia ( Grootaert & Chvála 1992).

Remarks

This is the first record of Platypalpus chrysonotus from the Eastern and High Atlas regions.

Figures

Fig. 33. Platypalpus chrysonotus Strobl, 1899, ♂, habitus (Oued Farda, LESCB).