View source for Molophilus obscurus


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{{Publication to wiki notice
 | author = Driauach, Ouafaa AND Belqat, Boutaïna
 | author_abbreviated = Driauach O AND Belqat B
 | year = 2016
 | title = Additions to the Limoniidae and Pediciidae fauna of Morocco, with an updated checklist (Diptera, Tipuloidea)
 | journal = ZooKeys
 | volume = 
 | issue = 563
 | pages = 129--146
 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.563.7384
 | citationurl = http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=7384&element_type=9 
 | url = http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=7384
 | publisher = Pensoft Publishers
 | publisherurl = http://www.pensoft.net/
}}

{{Treatment start
 | Ordo = Diptera
 | Familia = Limoniidae
 | Genus = Molophilus
| Subgenus = Molophilus
 | Specific name = obscurus
 | Infraspecific name = 
 | Taxon rank = 	
 | Taxon authority = (Meigen, 1818)
 | Taxon status = 
 | Wikispecies page name = Molophilus_obscurus
 | Pensoft Profile = Molophilus_obscurus
}}

==Material examined==
Tributary of Oued Ouara, 1♂, 27.IV.2013, 5♂♂, 6.V.2014; Tributary of Oued Majjou, 2♂♂, 03.V.2013; Daya El Ânassar, 1♂, 24.V.2013; Daya Jbel Zemzem, 2♂♂, 23.IV.2014; Aïn El Ma Bared, 1♂, 1♀, 6.V.2014; Daya Rmali, 1♂, 17.V.2014; Oued Amsemlil (Site 1), 1♂, 2.XI.2014; Aïn Mâaze, 1♂, 1.XI.2014; Daya Afrate, 9♂♂, 18.IV.2015; Daya Mtahen, 1♂, 25.V.2015 (sweep net).

==Distribution==
Europe, Morocco (High Atlas), Transcaucasia, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel. First records from the Rif.

==Taxon Treatment==
*{{aut|Driauach, O}}; {{aut|Belqat, B}}; 2016: Additions to the Limoniidae and Pediciidae fauna of Morocco, with an updated checklist (Diptera, Tipuloidea) [http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/ ''ZooKeys'',] '''(563)''': 129-146. {{doi|10.3897/zookeys.563.7384}}