Ephydra riparia Fallén, 1813

Akhrif, Rachida, Aattouch, Khalid, Beni-Eich, Mourad, Beuk, Paul L. Th., Bouzrarf, Khadija, Akarid, Abdellatif & Belqat, Boutaïna, 2025, New records of shore flies (Diptera, Ephydridae) from Morocco, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (3), pp. 783-804 : 786

Ephydra riparia Fallén, 1813

Material examined. Morocco, Rif : 1♂ 1♀, Lac Tirakaâ (35°15'84.2"N 2°92'82.6"W, 54 m), 9.V.2022 – 16.V.2022, reared ( Fig. 2A ), Akhrif leg.

General distribution. Nearctic: Canada. Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Madeira Islands, Mongolia ( Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 1995), Morroco (New record), Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (European Territory, Siberia, Far East), Sweden, Tunisia, Ukraine ( Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 1995).

Habitat. The specimens were reared at laboratory temperature. Adults emerged seven days from the collected substrate from the environment of Tirakaâ, a large lake, where the halophytic vegetation was dominated by Salicornia sp.

Figures

Figure 2. The representative habitats of the collected Ephydrid species in Morocco, A. Lac Tirakaâ – Salicornia – Ephydra riparia and Philotelma rossii; B. Daya Mtahen – Scatophila mesogramma; C. Village Imlil – Scatophila signata; D. Cascade de Imlil – Gymnoclasiopa flavoantennata.