Opalimosina (Dentilimosina) denticulata (Duda, 1924)

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 : 766

Opalimosina (Dentilimosina) denticulata (Duda, 1924)

Material examined. Cattle farm: RIF. 1♀, Aïn Zarka Village (35°31'12.7"N 5°20'42.8"W), 23.XII.2018 . Goat farm: RIF. 1♀, Bab Taza Village (35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 .

General distribution. Palaearctic – Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Roumania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland ( Roháček et al., 2001); Morocco (New record for North Africa).

Biology. We captured the species in cattle and goat farms. According to Floren (1989), it is coprophagous, in Central Europe, often at higher altitudes, cow houses, gardens, and damp meadows.