Coproica rohaceki Carles-Tolrá, 1990

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 : 760-761

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.3.751
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17031388
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scientific name	Coproica rohaceki Carles-Tolrá, 1990
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Material examined. Cattle farm: COASTAL MESETA. 22♂♂, 6♀♀, Sidi Mansour Village (35°14'16.7"N 3°57'04.5"W), 3. V.2019. MIDDLE ATLAS. 1♀, Elksiba Village (32°34'10.9"N 6°02'43.1"W), 7.XI.2018 GoogleMaps . RIF. 1♂, Bab Taza Village (35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . 144♂♂, 72♀♀, Mansoura Village (34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 29. GoogleMaps V.2021. 2♂♂, 3♀♀, Aïn Zarka Village (35°31'12.7"N 5°20'42.8"W), 23.XII.2018 GoogleMaps . 2♂♂, 1♀, Ben Karrich Village (34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 19.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . 9♂♂, 5♀♀, Beni Mazala Village (35°51'38.7"N 5°23'22.9"W), 28.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . 3♂♂, 1♀, Boujarah Village (35°34'38.7"N 5°19'02.5"W), 6. GoogleMaps V.2019. Goat farm : RIF. 1♂, 2♀♀, Bab Taza Village (35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . 10♂♂, 15♀♀, Mansoura Village (34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 17. GoogleMaps V.2021. 22♂♂, 7♀♀, Ben Karrich Village (34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 21.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . 7♂♂, Dghalyen Village (35°51'03.5"N 5°23'16.6"W), 1. GoogleMaps V.2019. 1♀, Al Kachla Village (35°50'40.6"N 5°23'12.6"W), 4. GoogleMaps V.2019. 19♂♂, 10♀♀, Beni Mazala Village (35°51'38.7"N 5°23'22.9"W), 28.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . Equine : RIF. 31♂♂, 20♀♀, Mansoura Village (34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 28. GoogleMaps V.2021. Poultry : RIF. 1♀, Afrasso Village (35°51'37.4"N 5°23'16.0"W), 3.IV.2019 GoogleMaps , Malaise trap, coll. Bouzrarf, UAE-FST. Sheep husbandry: MIDDLE ATLAS. 11♂♂, 9♀♀, Khouribga (32°54'32.7"N 6°57'59.0"W), 13. GoogleMaps VI.2021. RIF. 4♂♂, 2♀♀, Bab Taza Village (35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . 302♂♂, 229♀♀, Mansoura Village (34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 23. GoogleMaps V.2021. 1♂, 4♀♀, Dghalyen Village (35°51'03.5"N 5°23'16.6"W), 1. GoogleMaps V.2019. 1♂, 1 ♀ Afrasso Village (35°51'37.4"N 5°23'16.0"W), 3. GoogleMaps V.2019.

Distribution in Morocco. RIF. Oued Amsa, Oued Moulay Bouchta ( Gatt et al., 2016).

General distribution. Palaearctic – Canary Is. ( Spain), Italy, Japan, Malta, Norway, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.) ( Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco ( Kettani et al., 2022).

Biology. In our work, this species was found in cattle, sheep, poultry, equine, and goat farms. It is strongly psychrophilous, chiefly collected on decaying fungi and leaves and moss in damp meadows. It is also found in small mammals' burrows and caves' entrance regions ( Schiegg & Munari, 1999).