New records of the soldier flies of Morocco

A checklist of soldier flies species recorded from the North African countries of Morocco Algeria Tunisia Libya and Egypt is based on both literature records and material newly collected in Morocco. Four subfamilies (Stratiomyinae Sarginae Nemotelinae and Pachygasterinae) and twelve species from five genera have been collected and are recognized in Morocco. Pachygaster atra (Panzer 1798) Oxycera pardalina (Meigen 1822) Nemotelus danielssoni (Mason 1989) and Oxycera terminata (Meigen 1822) are newly recorded to the North African fauna. Nemotelus atriceps (Loew 1856) and Nemotelus maculiventris (Bigot 1861) are reported for the first time in Morocco. The present number of soldier flies known from Morocco is 33.