Zouhair L.1*, Grootaert P.2, Kettani K.1 2026. Tachydromia Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Morocco: Description of two new species with notes on ecology and a key to Moroccan species // Invert. Zool. Vol.23. No.1: 160–174 [in English].
¹ Laboratory of Ecology, Systematics and Conservation of Biodiversity (LESCB), URL-CNRST N°18, FS, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco.
² Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O.D. Phylogeny and Taxonomy, Entomology, Vautier street 29, B1000 Brussels, Belgium.
* Corresponding author
Laila Zouhair: laila.zouhair@etu.uae.ac.ma https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4417-7054
Patrick Grootaert: pgrootaert@yahoo.co.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2149-9229
Kawtar Kettani: kettani.ka@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2361-3996
doi: 10.15298/invertzool.23.1.10
ABSTRACT. Two species of the genus Tachydromia Meigen, 1803 are illustrated and described from the western Moroccan Rif as new for science: Tachydromia moroccensis sp.n. and Tachydromia rifensis sp.n. Tachydromia arrogans (Linnaeus, 1761) is reported here from several new localities, thus expanding its distribution area within the country. Ecological data of the three species are provided. A key to Moroccan species of Tachydromia is given.
KEY WORDS: dance flies, Empidoidae, North Africa, Tachydromiinae, taxonomy, identification key.