Discocerina obscurella (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 : 791-792

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.3.783
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B372D024-2F50-4699-B81D-1A5190E1E9B9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17031526
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC4687BF-5729-FFB0-9A78-F92DE3A9FE2A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Discocerina obscurella (Fallén, 1813)
status

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Discocerina obscurella (Fallén, 1813) View in CoL

Material examined. Morocco, Rif : 2♀♀, Oued Laou (35°44'64.7"N 5°09'21.7"W, 27 m), 17. V.2016; 1♂ 2♀♀, Oued Amsa (35°31'59.3"N 5°13'82.1"W, 13 m), 10.VII.2020 GoogleMaps ; 2♂♂ 1♀, Aïn Sidi Brahim Ben Arrif (35°20'41.5"N 5°32'53.5"W, 882 m), 27. V.2019 GoogleMaps . Middle Atlas : 11♂♂ 3♀♀, Source Ouzoud (32°01'1.1"N 6°43'3.2"W, 661 m), 09.XII.2018 GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Douar Zraïb (32°35'2.2"N 6°14'4.8"W, 479 m), 9.III.2019, Akhrif and Belqat leg. GoogleMaps , sweep net.

Distribution in Morocco. Central Plateau ( Vitte, 1988). Middle Atlas: lakes of Middle Atlas ( Vitte, 1988), Fès, Taounate ( Vitte, 1991). Rif (New record).

General distribution. Afrotropical: Cape Verde Islands, Kenya, Rodriguez Islands, Zaire. Nearctic: Canada, United States. Neotropical: Argentina, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico (VRC), Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, West Indies ( Cuba, Dominica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas). Palaearctic: Austria, Algeria, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Macedonia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia (European Territory, Siberia, Far East) ( MacGowan et al., 2021), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, former Yugoslavia ( Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 1995).