title: Faunistic and bibliographical inventory of the Psychodinae moth-flies of North Africa (Diptera, Psychodidae).
abstract: All published records for the 49 species of moth flies known from North Africa are reviewed and discussed: Morocco (27 species), Algeria (33 species), Tunisia (18 species) and Egypt (five species). In addition, records of seven species of Psychodinae new to the fauna of Morocco are added, of which three are new mentions for North Africa (Table 1) and one is a new record for Egypt. Telmatoscopus squamifer Tonnoir, 1922 is transferred to the genus Iranotelmatoscopus Ježek, 1987, comb. n. Satchelliella reghayana Boumezzough & Vaillant, 1987 is transferred to the genus Pneumia Enderlein, 1935, comb. n. Pneumia aberrans Tonnoir, 1922 is transferred to the subgenus Logima.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory «Ecology, Biodiversity and Environment», Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Tétouan, Morocco.
authors.forename: Hanan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Afzan
authors.affiliation: Laboratory «Ecology, Biodiversity and Environment», Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Tétouan, Morocco.
authors.forename: Boutaïna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Belqat
keywords: Algeria; Egypt; High Atlas; Morocco; Moth-flies; North Africa; Psychodinae; Rif; Tunisia; checklist