Philosepedon (Philosepedon) humeralis (Meigen, 1818)

Saidoun, Imane, El Mouden, Mohamed Amin, Boussaa, Samia & Belqat, Boutaïna, 2025, New records of genera and species of moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from Morocco, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1), pp. 151-169 : 156

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.151

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:36CE1DF6-3801-4A65-B784-5641542CD443

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15810463

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Philosepedon (Philosepedon) humeralis (Meigen, 1818)
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Philosepedon (Philosepedon) humeralis (Meigen, 1818) View in CoL *

Material examined. Beni Snassen: 1♂, forêt Tafoughalt, 24.IV.2022, sweep net, coll. Saidoun, UAE-FST. Middle Atlas: 1♂, Affluant Oued Oum Er- rabie, 11.XII.2018, sweep net, coll. Group Belqat, UAE- FST.

General distribution. This species is common and widely distributed in Europe ( Omelková & Ježek, 2012). In North Africa, it is known from Algeria ( Satchell, 1955) and Morocco ( Afzan & Belqat, 2016).

Habitat. The adults are found in damp places from lowlands to mountains. We collected the species in a forest of Pinus halepensis , with Chamaerops humilis and Urginea maritima ( Fig. 5).

Comment. A description of the adult was given by Ježek (1985).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

SubOrder

Brachycera

Family

Psychodidae

SubFamily

Psychodinae

Tribe

Psychodini

Genus

Philosepedon

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