10.15470/mr3xom https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=megastigmidae_morocco K. Kissayi National Forestry School of Engineers

Salé MA

Kissayi_k@yahoo.fr F. Bentata National Institute of Agronomic Research

Rabat MA

M. Labhilili National Institute of Agronomic Research

Rabat MA

M. Ibriz Ibn Tofaïl University

Kenitra MA

K. Kissayi National Forestry School of Engineers

Salé MA

Kissayi_k@yahoo.fr Montse Ferrer Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona Managing Editor AMZ

Ps Picasso s/n Barcelona 08003 ES

montseferrerf@gmail.com publisher 2024-09-11 eng This study presents the first comprehensive catalogue of the Megastigmidae from Morocco. After sorting through the existing bibliography and visiting various museums, we identified two genera occurring in this country: Bootanomyia Girault, 1915 and Megastigmus Dalman, 1820 represented by one and ten species, respectively. Here we provide data on the known distribution and biology of each of the species in Morocco. Chalcidoidea Megastigmidae catalogue geographical distribution Morocco n/a Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License. Although the Megastigmidae species were first recorded in Morocco in 1904, studies focused on this fauna were not carried out until the 1990s. Our aim is to provide the first catalogue of chalcids of the Megastigmidae family in Morocco. -9.58 -8.203 31.626 30.421 phylum Arthropoda class Insecta order Hymenoptera family Megastigmidae genus Megastigmus genus Bootanomyia notPlanned K. Kissayi National Forestry School of Engineers

Salé MA

Kissayi_k@yahoo.fr F. Bentata National Institute of Agronomic Research

Rabat MA

M. Labhilili Institute of Agronomic Research

Rabat MA

M. Ibriz Ibn Tofaïl University

Kenitra MA

Although the Megastigmidae species were first recorded in Morocco in 1904, studies focused on this fauna were not carried out until the 1990s. Our aim is to provide the first catalogue of chalcids of the Megastigmidae family in Morocco. The data used as a basis for this study comprise the species observed during K. Kissayi's museum visits and also the compilation of records obtained after an exhaustive bibliographic search. For each of the species, we provide new studied material, its world distribution (following Noyes, 2023 and van Noort, 2024) and its biology. K. Kissayi author Megastigmidae were formerly considered a subfamily (Megastigminae) within the Torymidae family, but a new status has been established for this group of chalcids by placing it at taxonomic rank of family (Janšta et al., 2018). Megastigmus comprises over 200 species, currently classified in 14 valid genera (Janšta et al., 2018; Böhmová et al., 2022; Popescu and Gostin, 2023). The most speciose genus is Megastigmus Dalman, 1820, with 156 species described to date (Noyes, 2023). As far as is known, Megastigmidae include not only ectoparasitoids of various gall-making insects (mainly Diptera (Cecidomyiidae) and Hymenoptera (Cynipidae and Chalcidoidea) but also Lepidoptera (Lasiocampinae) and Hemiptera (Coccoidea)) and seed-feeders of several plants (mainly Rosaceae, Pinaceae, Anacardiaceae and Cupressaceae) (Gibson, 1993, 1999, 2000; Zerova and Seregina, 1994; Grissell and Prinsloo; 2001; Roques et al., 2016). Although the Megastigmidae species were first recorded in Morocco in 1904 (Kissayi et al., 2020), studies focused on this fauna were not carried out until the 1990s (El Alaoui El Fels, 1998, 1999; El Alaoui El Fels et al., 2013; El Alaoui El Fels and Roques, 2006). Our aim is to provide the first catalogue of chalcids of the Megastigmidae family in Morocco. The data used as a basis for this study comprise the species observed during K. Kissayi's museum visits and also the compilation of records obtained after an exhaustive bibliographic search. For each of the species, we provide new studied material, its world distribution (following Noyes, 2023 and van Noort, 2024) and its biology. 2024-09-09T11:18:19.262+02:00 dataset Kissayi, K., Bentata, F., Labhilili, M., Ibriz, M., 2024. Speciesof Megastigmidae from Morocco (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona. Dataset/Occurrence: Kissayi, K., Bentata, F., Labhilili, M., Ibriz, M., 2024. Species of Megastigmidae from Morocco (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 22: 43–51. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2024.22.0043 https://ipt.gbif.es/logo.do?r=invasive_fish_species_morocco