Diasemocera leucostoma (Meigen, 1830)

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 : 796

Diasemocera leucostoma (Meigen, 1830)

Material examined. Morocco, Rif : 1♀, Plage Stihat (35°20'34.5"N 4°57'40.1"W, 5 m), 26.IV.2015, Belqat leg. , sweep net; 1♀, Lac Tirakaâ (35°15' 84.2"N 2°92'82.6"W, 54 m), 22.XII.2022 – 27.XII.2022, reared ( Fig. 2A ), Akhrif leg.

Distribution in Morocco. Anti Atlas: Agadir ( Séguy, 1941b). Rif (New records).

General distribution. Austria, Balearic Islands, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Corsica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy (Zatwarnicki, 2018), Morocco ( Séguy, 1941b), Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United States (Zatwarnicki, 2018).

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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.