Coproica hirticula Collin, 1956

Bouzrarf, Khadija, Qalmoun, Abderrahmane, Beuk, Paul L. Th., Akhrif, Rachida & Belqat, Boutaïna, 2025, Contribution to the knowledge of Sphaeroceridae (Insecta: Diptera) associated with animal breeding farms in Morocco, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (3), pp. 751-782 : 758-759

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.3.751
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7DB505A4-D223-4E3B-AB67-45ABEC6F5A87
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17031380
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Coproica hirticula Collin, 1956
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Material examined. Cattle farm: COASTAL MESETA. 1♀, Aït Messaoud Village (31°43'36.0"N 8°05'14.3"W), 26.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . 10♂♂, 3♀♀, Birjdid Village (33°22'06.7"N 8°00'52.8"W), 21.I.2019 GoogleMaps . 2♂♂, 4♀♀, Safi City (32°23'53.0"N 9°10'39.0"W), 7.XI.2018 GoogleMaps . 10♂♂, 5♀♀, Lmchawir Village (32°46'23.1"N 8°29'06.5"W), 17.I.2019 GoogleMaps . 1♂, 1♀, Mazagan Sea (33°16'24.3"N 8°22'13.9"W), 8.XI.2018 GoogleMaps . MIDDLE ATLAS. 2♂♂, 3♀♀, Elksiba Village (32°34'10.9"N 6°02'43.1"W), 7.XI.2018 GoogleMaps . RIF. 2♂♂, 4♀♀, Aïn Zarka Village (35°31'12.7"N 5°20'42.8"W), 23.XII.2018 GoogleMaps . 1♀, Bab Taza Village (35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . 1♀, Boujarah Village (35°34'38.7"N 5°19'02.5"W), 6. GoogleMaps V.2019. 24♂, 17♀♀, Ben Karrich Village (34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 19.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . 1♂, 1♀, Moulay Yaakoub Village (34°11'16.2"N 4°58'51.0"W), 7.XI.2018 GoogleMaps . 1♀, Gouarat Village (35°40'38.6"N 5°52'21.6"W), 3. GoogleMaps VI.2019. Equine : COASTAL MESETA . 1♂, 2♀♀, El Ghorba Village (31°57'29"N 6°32'06"W), 9.XII.2018 GoogleMaps . RIF. 1♂, Ben Karrich Village (34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 21.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . 1♂, Dghalyen Village (35°51'03.5"N 5°23'16.6"W), 1. GoogleMaps V.2019. Goat farm: RIF . 64♂♂, 70♀♀, Al Kachla Village (35°50'40.6"N 5°23'12.6"W), 4. GoogleMaps V.2019. 1♂, Mansoura Village (34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 17. GoogleMaps V.2021. 2♂♂, 5♀♀, Bab Taza Village (35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . Sheep husbandry: COASTAL MESETA . 22♂♂, 9♀♀, Nahda Village (32°14'22.9"N 8°33'12.2"W), 21.I.2020 GoogleMaps . 52♂♂, 40♀♀, Oulad Abbou Village (33°06'59.8"N 7°56'13.4"W), 3.III.2019 GoogleMaps . MIDDLE ATLAS. 2♀♀, Elksiba Village (32°34'10.9"N 6°02'43.1"W), 7.XI.2018 GoogleMaps . RIF. 1♂, Afrasso Village (35°51'37.4"N 5°23'16.0"W), 3. GoogleMaps V.2019. 1♂, Dghalyen Village (35°51'03.5"N 5°23'16.6"W), 1. GoogleMaps V.2019. 10♂♂, 18♀♀, Mansoura Village (34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 15. GoogleMaps V.2021.

Distribution in Morocco. RIF. Zarka waterfall; ANTI ATLAS. Errachidia ( Gatt et al., 2016).

General distribution. Australasian/Oceanic – Australia, New Zealand; Nearctic – Canada; Neotropical – Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico (HID); Oriental – China, Taiwan; Palaearctic – Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain), Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (Crete), Finland, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Japan, Malta, Norway, Poland, Roumania, Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland ( Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco ( Kettani et al., 2022).

Biology. We found it with cattle, sheep, equine, and goat farms. It is common, chiefly coprophagous but also on carrion and decayed vegetation, cow houses, pastures, grass compos, potato and rape fields ( Floren, 1989).