New records of bristle flies (Diptera, Tachinidae) from Morocco: Expanding the taxonomic diversity and geographic distribution of the family

2025 · doi:10.3897/arphapreprints.e159394
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This paper reports new records of bristle flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Morocco, aiming to expand both the family’s taxonomic diversity and its geographic distribution. The authors compile and present occurrence findings from Morocco, adding newly documented taxa and extending known ranges based on these records. A key limitation is that the work is focused on taxonomic and biogeographic documentation rather than investigating host associations or functional biology. The paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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The Tachinidae is a large family of flies comprising over 8500 species. The adults vary greatly in size, ranging from 1 to 17 mm. The larvae of Tachinidae are parasitoids of various arthropods. They play an important ecological role as regulators of phytophagous insect’s populations. In Morocco, a Catalogue of Diptera has been compiled recently, which comprises all the studies of the taxonomy and distribution of Tachinidae, this catalogue documents 147 species in the country. However, research on this family of Diptera still remains relatively limited in Morocco compared to other areas in the western Palaearctic. This article lists sixteen species of Tachinidae as new records for Morocco; ten of these are also new records for North Africa. Brief notes on habitats where these species were collected are given.
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Preprint ARPHA Preprints https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e159394 (19 May 2025) https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e159394 (19 May 2025) Other versions: - Preprint InfoPreprint Info - CiteCite - MetricsMetrics - CommentComment - RelatedRelated - CitedCited ARPHA Preprints doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e159394 First posted 19 May 2025 Authors Hicham Ourahmoun - Corresponding author Laboratory of Ecology, Systematics, and Conservation of Biodiversity (LESCB), URL-CNRST N°18, FS, Abdel¬malek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco Laboratory of Ecology, Systematics, and Conservation of Biodiversity (LESCB), URL-CNRST N°18, FS, Abdel¬malek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco Conflict of interest The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This is an open access preprint distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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