Catalogue of the Diptera (Insecta) of Morocco— an annotated checklist, with distributions and a bibliography

Kawtar Kettani; Martin J. Ebejer; David M. Ackland; Gerhard Bächli; David Barraclough; Miroslav Barták; Miguel Carles-Tolrá; Milos Černý; Pierfilippo Cerretti; Peter Chandler; Mohamed Dakki; Christophe Daugeron; Herman De Jong; Josef Dils; Henry Disney; Boris Droz; Neal Evenhuis; Paul Gatt; Gustavo Graciolli; Igor Y. Grichanov; Jean-Paul Haenni; Martin Hauser; Oumnia Himmi; Iain MacGowan; Bruno Mathieu; Mohamed Mouna; Lorenzo Munari; Emilia P. Nartshuk; Oleg P. Negrobov; Pjotr Oosterbroek; Thomas Pape; Adrian C. Pont; Grigory V. Popov; Knut Rognes; Marcela Skuhravá; Vaclav Skuhravý; Martin Speight; Guy Tomasovic; Bouchra Trari; Hans-Peter Tschorsnig; Jean-Claude Vala; Michael von Tschirnhaus; Rüdiger Wagner; Daniel Whitmore; Andrzej J. Woźnica; Tadeusz Zatwarnicki; Peter Zwick

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1094.62644

Mohamed Amin El Mouden, Peter J. Chandler, Ouafaa Driauach, Ouarda Banamar, Imane Saidoun, Abdellatif Akarid, Khalid Aattouch, Boutaïna Belqat (2024)
New species and other new records of the family Mycetophilidae (Insecta, Diptera) from Morocco. ZooKeys 1197: 215.

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1197.118503

Pavel Starkevich, Youness Mabrouki, Abdelkhaleq Fouzi Taybi (2025)
First record of Tipula ( Mediotipula ) fulvogrisea (Pierre, 1924) (Diptera: Tipulidae) from Morocco . Aquatic Insects : 1.

DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2025.2468651

Chaimaa Azzouzi, Noureddine Rabah-Sidhoum, Mehdi Boucheikhchoukh, Noureddine Mechouk, Scherazad Sedraoui, Ahmed Benakhla (2024)
Checklist of Medico-Veterinary Important Biting Flies (Ceratopogonidae, Hippoboscidae, Phlebotominae, Simuliidae, Stomoxyini, and Tabanidae) and Their Associated Pathogens and Hosts in Maghreb. Parasitologia 5: 1.

DOI: 10.3390/parasitologia5010001

Soukaina Daif, Ikhlass El Berbri, Ouafaa Fassi Fihri (2024)
First molecular evidence of potential Culicoides vectors implicated in bluetongue virus transmission in Morocco. Parasites & Vectors 17: .

DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06167-y

Sara El Yaagoubi, Augustine Ovie Edegbene, Mohamed El Haissoufi, Rihab Harrak, Majida El Alami (2024)
Odonata, Coleoptera, and Heteroptera (OCH) Trait-Based Biomonitoring of Rivers within the Northwestern Rif of Morocco: Exploring the Responses of Traits to Prevailing Environmental Gradients. Ecologies 5: 132.

DOI: 10.3390/ecologies5010009

Laila Zouhair, Patrick Grootaert, Kawtar Kettani (2022)
First records of Trichina Meigen, Euthyneura Macquart and Oedalea Meigen (Diptera, Hybotidae) from North Africa, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1124: 43.

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1124.90077

El-Mostafa Benka, Mohamed Dakki, Abdessamad Ouibimah, Mohamed Mounir, Ikram Douini, Kawtar Kettani, Oumnia Himmi, Soumaya Hammada, Marco Cucco (2023)
First Annoted Checklist of Aquatic Diptera (Insecta) of Two Ramsar Sites (Ahançal and Aït Bouguemaz Rivers) at the Central High Atlas (Morocco): Families Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, Tipulidae, Empididae, and Tabanidae. International Journal of Zoology 2023: 1.

DOI: 10.1155/2023/5581863

Savvas Zafeiriou, Gabriella Dimitra Rakopoulou, Georgios Agapakis, Theodora Petanidou, Sotiris Alexiou (2025)
Contribution to the Diversity of the Genus Sarcophaga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): Checklist, Species Distribution, and New Records for Greece. Insects 16: 359.

DOI: 10.3390/insects16040359

Fatima Zahra Sliman, Ronald Henry Lambert Disney, Kawtar Kettani (2025)
New records of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from Morocco with notes on distribution and habitats. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11: 437.

DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.2.437

Shaun L. Winterton, Michael E. Irwin, Jonas Mortelmans (2023)
Revision of the dune-associated stiletto flies of the genus Neotherevella Lyneborg, 1978 (Therevidae, Therevinae). African Invertebrates 64: 109.

DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.64.96577

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

DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.1.151

Ouafaa Driauach, Peter J. Chandler, Mohamed Amin El Mouden, Boutaïna Belqat (2022)
New faunistic records of the families Bolitophilidae and Keroplatidae (Diptera, Sciaroidea) from Morocco. ZooKeys 1128: 47.

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1128.85536

Daniel Suárez, David Lugo, Mónica Pérez-Gil, Gustavo Peña, Carlos Ruiz (2023)
First report of Aphria latifrons (Diptera, Tachinidae, Leskiini) in the Canary Islands. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: .

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e109690

Sara El Yaagoubi, Augustine Ovie Edegbene, Sanae Errochdi, Rihab Harrak, Ahlame Azmizem, Tega Treasure Edegbene Ovie, Majida El Alami (2025)
Assessing the impacts of agricultural practices on ephemeroptera, plecoptera, and trichoptera (EPT) seasonal distribution: A genera-level EPT trait-based study in North Africa's river ecosystems. Science of The Total Environment 987: 179753.

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179753

Youness Mabrouki, Andrei Terec, Fouzi Taybi, Anna Dénes, Lujza Keresztes (2023)
Taxonomic notes and key to the West Palearctic Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) with description of a new species from Morocco. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: .

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e103849

Duncan Sivell (2024)
The genome sequence of a cranefly, Tipula (Savtshenkia) confusa van der Wulp, 1883. Wellcome Open Research 9: 337.

DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22470.1

Laila Zouhair, Patrick Grootaert, Kawtar Kettani (2024)
Twelve new species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Morocco, with additional new records. European Journal of Taxonomy 951: 1.

DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.951.2645

Pablo Caloca, Daniel Suárez, Gustavo Peña, Carlos Ruiz (2025)
First report of Trichopoda pictipennis (Diptera, Tachinidae) for the Canary Islands. Biodiversity Data Journal 13: .

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e137821

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

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1230.141900

Zdravko Hubenov (2024)
Species Composition, Vertical Distribution and Areographical Structure of the Family Tachinidae (Diptera) in Bulgaria. Acta zoologica bulgarica 76: .

DOI: 10.71424/azb76.1.002707

C. Scott Clem, Brittany D. Wingert, Andrea R. Kautz, Amanda L. Roe, Teagan Mulford, David Bettman, Robert T. Conrow, Gregory A. Dahlem, Heloísa Fernandes Flores, Latoya Foote, Silvia Gisondi, James N. Hogue, Janis Matsunaga, Maricelle Méndez-Soto, Ko Mochizuki, Ketzaly Munguía Ortega, William Rawson, Jingli Xuan, Brian Brown (2022)
Checklist of true flies (Diptera) from San Luis Obispo County, California, U.S.A.: an outcome of the Fly School II taxonomic workshop. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 98: .

DOI: 10.3956/2022-98.4.270

Sara El Yaagoubi, Augustine Ovie Edegbene, Majida El Alami, Sanae Errochdi, Rihab Harrak (2024)
Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (EPT) trait-based biomonitoring of rivers within the northwestern Rif of Morocco: implications for determining riverine ecosystems ecological health in Africa. Aquatic Sciences 86: .

DOI: 10.1007/s00027-024-01070-1

Abdeslam Ennabili, Mohamed Libiad, Mohamed El Haissoufi, Abdelmajid Khabbach, Nard Bennas (2025)
Wetlands of Tropical and Subtropical Asia and Africa. : 265.

DOI: 10.1002/9781394235278.ch12

Valeria Lencioni, Peter H. Adler, Gregory W. Courtney (2024)
Identification and Ecology of Freshwater Arthropods in the Mediterranean Basin. : 503.

DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-821844-0.00001-6