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Issue: Vol. 4429 No. 2: 6 Jun. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-06-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.2.9
Page range: 348–356
Abstract views: 68
PDF downloaded: 3

Genera of Mythicomyiidae (Insecta, Diptera) new to the fauna of Morocco, with descriptions of new species

J. Linsley Gressitt Center for Research in Entomology, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817-2704, USA.
Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Faculté des Sciences, Equipe de Recherche Ecologie, Systématique & Conservation de la Biodiversité, Tétouan, Maroc (Morocco)
Insecta Diptera

Abstract

Three genera of Mythicomyiidae are newly recorded from Morocco: Glabellula, Mythenteles, and Leylaiya. A total of 8 species of Mythicomyiidae are currently known from the country; of those, 3 new species are described and illustrated: Glabellula maroccana Evenhuis & Kettani, n. sp.; Mythenteles signifera Evenhuis & Kettani, n. sp. and Leylaiya pellea Evenhuis & Kettani, n. sp. A key to the genera of Mythicomyiidae in Morocco is presented.

 

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