Physiphora clausa (Macquart, 1843) Material examined. Rif: Jumb, 03.vii.2020, 2♀♀, 09.vii.2020, 3♂♂, 3♀♀, 03.viii.2020, 2♀♀, 24.x.2021, 14♂♂, 4♀♀ (swept from flowers of Ceratonia siliqua); Douar Halila, 30.viii.2020, 1♂, 1♀; Marabout Sidi Bou Hadjel, 08.xi.2020, 3♂♂; Rayhana, 15.xi.2020, 2♂♂, 1♀; Rebta, 19.viii.2021, 1♂, 2♀♀; Melloussa, 16.x.2021, 1♂. Moroccan Meseta: Mheoula, 30.viii.2019, 1♀; Beggara, 10.x.2021, 1♀. Middle Atlas: Pont Aâtabi (Oued Zaouia Cheikh), 13.vii.2016, 1♂, 20.v.2017, 1♂; Pont Ahl Souss, 17.v.2017, 1♂, 1♀; Douar Oulad Abdoune, 17.v.2017, 7♂♂, 3♀♀. Anti-Atlas: Douar Boumahia, 11.v.2015, 1♂, 1♀; Atbane, 14.v.2015, 1♂; Route Bab Khemis, 14.v.2015, 1♂, sweeping (El Harym) (LESCB). Distribution. Australia, Brazil, China, Taiwan, Congo, D. R. (Zaïre), Gambia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Philippines, Reunion, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Vietnam (Kameneva & Korneyev 2016). Morocco (first record). The first record from North Africa.

Published as part of Harym, Younes El & Korneyev, Valery, 2023, New additions to the fauna of the superfamily Tephritoidea (Diptera) of Morocco, pp. 487-514 in Zootaxa 5360 (4) on page 509, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10084909