Pseudonapomyza confusa Zlobin, 1993

Doukale Daief, Mourad, von Tschirnhaus, Michael & Kettani, Kawtar, 2025, New records of leaf-miner flies (Diptera, Agromyzidae) from Morocco, ZooKeys 1230, pp. 81-97 : 81-97

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1230.141900

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:57CCF242-9E56-4623-A6A1-B9D04706C71D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14976077

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F18125FA-7413-5B34-8B82-1B152BA3E1F7

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scientific name

Pseudonapomyza confusa Zlobin, 1993
status

 

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Material examined.

Morocco. • 2 ♂♂; Middle Atlas, Ifrane, Zaouiet Ifrane ( PNIF); 2 Apr. 2017; Y. Fekrani leg.; sweep net; LESCB -MA 17/17 . • 1 ♂; Anti-Atlas, Errachidia, Aoufous ; 26 Sep. 2022; S. Fekrani leg.; sweep net; LESCB -AA 22/43 . • 1 ♂; Eastern Morocco, Taourirt, El Aïoun Sidi Mellouk ; 9 Jul. 2023; M. Doukale leg.; sweep net; LESCB -EM 23/45 .

Distribution.

It is recorded from Cape Verde Islands, Greece ( Crete), Madagascar, and Namibia. First record from Morocco.

Habitat.

This species was found at medium altitude in agricultural fields in arid areas in Eastern Morocco as well as in the Anti-Atlas. It was also captured at high altitude in cedar forest ( Cedrus atlantica ) in the Middle Atlas.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Agromyzidae

SubFamily

Phytomyzinae

Genus

Pseudonapomyza