An updated checklist of Pipunculidae (Diptera) from Morocco, with description of a new species

The Moroccan Pipunculidae (Diptera) were studied based on material collected from 17 sites between 2012 and 2025 using Malaise traps and sweep nets. We report 17 new country records, increasing the total number of known Moroccan species to 30. This includes the description of one new species, Eudorylas ebejeri El Moussaoui & Kehlmaier sp. nov., belonging to the Eudorylas fascipes species group, with an addendum to the identification key of male Eudorylini provided in Kehlmaier (2005a). Moreover, the genera Semicephalops De Meyer and Cephalosphaera Enderlein are recorded from North Africa for the first time, represented by two species (Semicephalops penultimus (Ackland) and Cephalosphaera germanica Aczél). Another significant record is Eudorylas tribulosus (Motamedinia & Skevington) in Motamedinia et al. (2020c) comb. nov., which represents the first observation of this species outside its type locality. Detailed habitat descriptions and distributional data are provided for all recorded species, contributing to a better understanding of the family’s biogeography in the Western Palaearctic region.