Check List 20(2): 510-517, doi: 10.15560/20.2.510
The first records of eleven species of the genus Megaselia Rondani, 1856 from Morocco (Diptera, Phoridae)
Fatima Zahra Sliman‡, R. Henry L. Disney§, Kawtar Kettani|‡ Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tétouan, Morocco§ University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom| Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco
Corresponding author: Fatima Zahra Sliman ( nourti.sliman2@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Maíra Araújo © Fatima Zahra Sliman, R. Henry L. Disney, Kawtar Kettani. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Sliman FZ, Disney RHL, Kettani K (2024) The first records of eleven species of the genus Megaselia Rondani, 1856 from Morocco (Diptera, Phoridae). Check List 20(2): 510-517. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.510 |  |
Abstract
We provide new records of scuttle flies, family Phoridae (Diptera), from Morocco, which has been very little studied. Eleven phorid species belonging to the immense genus Megaselia Rondani, 1856 are newly reported from the country, increasing the number of known species in Morocco to 12, and the number of Phoridae to 14. Information on the distribution and ecology of each species is provided.
Keywords
Megadiverse genus, new records, scuttle fly