Coproica lugubris (Haliday, 1835)

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 : 760

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.17031384
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB87ED-1C48-C279-B23F-62378BC878C8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Coproica lugubris (Haliday, 1835)
status

Treatment

Coproica lugubris (Haliday, 1835) View in CoL

Material examined. Cattle farm: COASTAL MESETA. 1♂, 1♀, Lmchawir Village (32°46'23.1"N 8°29'06.5"W), 17.I.2019 GoogleMaps . RIF. 2♂♂, Bab Taza Village (35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . 1♂, Aïn Zarka Village (35°31'12.7"N 5°20'42.8"W), 23.XII.2018 GoogleMaps . 3♂♂, 1♀, Ben Karrich Village (34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 19.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . Equine: RIF. 1♂, Ben Karrich Village (34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 17. GoogleMaps V.2021. Goat farm: RIF. 1♂, Bab Taza Village (35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . Sheep husbandry: MIDDLE ATLAS. 1♂, Elksiba Village (32°34'10.9"N 6°02'43.1"W), 7.XI.2018 GoogleMaps . RIF. 1♀, Mansoura Village (34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 30. GoogleMaps V.2021.

Distribution in Morocco. RIF. M’Diq, Oued Laou, Smir, Tétouan ( Marshall et al., 2011).

General distribution. Australasian/Oceanic – Papua New Guinea; Oriental – China (HKG), India (Uttar Pradesh), Pakistan, Taiwan; Palaearctic – Afghanistan, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece (Crete), Hungary, Israel, Italy (incl. Pantelleria I., Sardinia), Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Roumania, Russia (CET, FE, NET, SET), Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan, Tunisia, former Yugoslavia ( Serbia) ( Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco ( Marshall et al., 2011).

Biology. This species was collected from cattle, sheep, equine, and goat farms in this research. It is found in pastures, cow houses, grass compost, and potato fields according to Floren (1989).