Coproica rufifrons Hayashi, 1991

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 : 761

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.3.751
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17031390
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scientific name	Coproica rufifrons Hayashi, 1991
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Material examined. Cattle farm: COASTAL MESETA. 1♂, 3♀♀, Douar Touanssa (31°58'00.1"N 8°58'40.4"W), 7.XI.2019. 2♂♂, 9♀♀, Safi City (32°23'53.0"N 9°10'39.0"W), 7.XI.2018 GoogleMaps . 1♀, Birjdid Village (33°22'06.7"N 8°00'52.8"W), 21.I.2019 GoogleMaps . 1♂, Sidi Aabed Village (32°44'16.6"N 9°00'59.0"W), 18.I.2019 GoogleMaps . MIDDLE ATLAS. 2♂♂, 3♀♀, Elksiba Village (32°34'10.9"N 6°02'43.1"W), 7.XI.2018 GoogleMaps . RIF. 1♂, 1♀, Mansoura Village (34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 29. GoogleMaps V.2021. 1♂, Aïn Zarka Village (35°31'12.7"N 5°20'42.8"W), 23.XII.2018 GoogleMaps . 1♀, Ben Karrich Village (34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 19.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . 3♂♂, 3♀♀, Moulay Yaakoub Village (34°11'16.2"N 4°58'51.0"W), 7.XI.2018 GoogleMaps . Goat farm : RIF. 1♀, Mansoura Village (34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 17. GoogleMaps V.2021. Equine : RIF. 2♂♂, 2♀♀, Mansoura Village (34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 28. GoogleMaps V.2021. Sheep husbandry: COASTAL MESETA. 2♀♀, Oulad Abbou Village (33°06'59.8"N 7°56'13.4"W), 3.III.2019 GoogleMaps . MIDDLE ATLAS. 1♂, Elksiba Village (32°34'10.9"N 6°02'43.1"W), 7.XI.2018 GoogleMaps . RIF. 14♂♂, 11♀♀, Mansoura Village (34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 23. GoogleMaps V.2021. 2♂♂, Dghalyen Village (35°51'03.5"N 5°23'16.6"W), 1. GoogleMaps V.2019.

Distribution in Morocco. RIF. Issaguen ( Gatt et al., 2016).

General distribution. Australasian/Oceanic – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is.; Nearctic – USA (FL); Neotropical – Argentina, Bermuda, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Galápagos Is. ( Ecuador), Grenada, Mexico, St. Kitts; Oriental – China (HKG), Pakistan, Taiwan; Palaearctic – Canary Is. ( Spain), Japan ( Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco ( Kettani et al., 2022).

Biology. We found this species in cattle, sheep, equine, and goat farms. According to Falk et al. (2016), its biology is unknown, larvae probably develop in decaying vegetable matter, although they may invade grass and reed stems. Adults recorded from June to September.