Elachisoma aterrimum (Haliday, 1833)

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 : 762

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.17031394
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB87ED-1C4A-C27B-B23F-609C8A617EEF
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Elachisoma aterrimum (Haliday, 1833)
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Material examined. Cattle farm: COASTAL MESETA. 1♂, 3♀♀, Lmchawir Village (32°46'23.1"N 8°29'06.5"W), 17.I.2019. RIF GoogleMaps . 6♀♀, Aïn Zarka Village (35°31'12.7"N 5°20'42.8"W), 23.XII.2018 GoogleMaps . 5♂♂, Ben Karrich Village (34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 19.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . Sheep husbandry: COASTAL MESETA . 1♂, 2♀♀, Nahda Village (32°14'22.9"N 8°33'12.2"W), 21.I.2020 GoogleMaps . 8♂♂, 4♀♀, Oulad Abbou Village (33°06'59.8"N 7°56'13.4"W), 3.III.2019. RIF GoogleMaps . 5♂♂, 3♀, Mansoura Village (34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 23. V.2021 GoogleMaps .

Distribution in Morocco. COASTAL MESETA. Lmchawir, Nahda, Oulad Abbou; RIF. Aïn Zarka, Ben Karrich, Mansoura.

General distribution. Afrotropical – Zaire; Nearctic – Canada; Palaearctic – Afghanistan, Austria, Azores ( Portugal), Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Roumania, Russia (NET), Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan; South Atlantic: Saint Helena ( Roháček et al., 2001); Morocco (New record).

Biology. This species was found in cattle and sheep farms in our work. It is coprophilous on the excrement of large herbivores, in cow stables, and on manure heaps. The species is also reported from decaying vegetation, pastures, grass compost, and stumps of oaks ( Schiegg & Munari, 1999).