Calycomyza solidaginis (Kaltenbach, 1869)

Material examined.

Morocco. • 1 ♂; Rif, Jbel Kelti, Oued Tanina; 6 June 2021; L. Zouhair leg.; sweep net; LESCB -R 21/38 .

Distribution.

China, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Yemen, and Canada: AB, NB, NS, ON, QC, YT. USA: widespread outside of AK and HI. First record from Morocco.

Habitat.

Collected on the banks of a mountain river bordered by Pistacia lentiscus, Juniperus oxycedrus, Tetraclinis articulata and crossing a mixed forest dominated by Quercus suber, Pinus pinaster, and Pinus halepensis . A wide variety of shrubs and herbaceous plant species ( Prunus lusitanica, Stachys fontqueri, Paeonia coriacea, Eryngium caespitiferum, Eryngium triquetrum, Digitalis laciniata, Ptilostemon rhiphaeus, Ruscus hypophyllum, Astragalus armatus, Merendera filifolia, Viola sp.) occupy the undergrowth.