Platypalpus anomalitarsis Chvala & Kovalev 1974
Creators: name: Zouhair, Laila
name: Grootaert, Patrick
name: Kettani, Kawtar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Hybotidae
Platypalpus
Platypalpus anomalitarsis

description: Platypalpus anomalitarsis Chvála & Kovalev, 1974
Fig. 31
Material examined
MOROCCO – Rif • 1 ♂; Oued Mhannech; 13 Dec. 2013; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Merj Lkhayl; 11 Dec. 2015; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Dayat Tazia; 23 Apr. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♀; Oued Tkaraa; 5 Jan. 2018; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Cascade Chrafate; 2 May 2018; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Dbani; 19 May 2018; sweep net; M. Nourti leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Bni Bounsar; 13–31 May 2018; Malaise trap; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 2 ♀♀; Azilane; 27 Apr. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 2 ♀♀; Dayat Aanassar; 22 Mar. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 2 ♀♀; Cascade Chrafate; 22 Mar. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Azilane; 27 Apr. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; RBINS • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Bouslimane; 28 Apr. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; maison forestière; 28 Apr. 2019; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Sefihat Telj; 5 Oct. 2019; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 2 ♂♂; Rmel; 24 Feb. 2020; sweep net; M. Nourti leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Azilane; 4 Mar. 2020; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Zaouya; 6 Apr. 2021; sweep net; M. Nourti leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Douar Adder (Tasselt); 22 Apr. 2021; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 2 ♀♀; Dayat Fifi; 6 May 2021; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 4 ♂♂; Amsemlil; 17 Feb. 2022; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Seguia Anssar Afeska; 27 Mar. 2022; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 1 ♀; Medchar Lemtahene; 17 Mar. 2022; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; El Maounzel; 27 Mar. 2022; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Lalla Outka; 27 Mar. 2022; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂; Medchar Lemtahene; 9 Apr. 2022; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; RBINS • 4 ♂♂, 18 ♀♀; Bni Bounsar; 1–30 Apr. 2022; Malaise trap; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB. – Atlantic Plain • 1 ♂; Forest of Maâmora; 5 Mar. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB. – Middle Atlas • 1 ♀; Tazekka summit; 23 Apr. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 2 ♂♂; Chiker; 13 Mar. 2023; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 2 ♂♂; Boughayati; 14 Mar. 2023; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 5 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Moudmame Forest; 12 Oct. 2023; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Kharzouza Forest; 12 Oct. 2023; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Ras El Ma; 13 Oct. 2023; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Oued Sidi Rached; 13 Oct. 2023; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Ain Vittel; 13 Oct. 2023; sweep net; L. Zouhair leg.; LESCB. – High Atlas • 1 ♂ 1 ♀; Asni; 25 Mar. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB • 1 ♀; Tabant; 31 Oct. 2021; sweep net; S. Fekrani leg.; LESCB. – Anti Atlas • 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Boudnibe; 3 Apr. 2017; sweep net; K. Kettani leg.; LESCB.
Moroccan literature records
Middle Atlas: Ifrane; Anti-Atlas: Errachidia (Ebejer et al. 2019; Kettani et al. 2022).
Distribution outside Morocco
Algeria, Spain (De Jong et al. 2014; Ventura et al. 2015).
Remarks
This is the first record of Platypalpus anomalitarsis from the Rif, Atlantic Plain and High Atlas regions.
description: Published as part of Zouhair, Laila, Grootaert, Patrick & Kettani, Kawtar, 2024, Twelve new species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Morocco, with additional new records, pp. 1-53 in European Journal of Taxonomy 951 (1) on pages 45-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.951.2645, http://zenodo.org/record/13735747