Minilimosina (Svarciella) vitripennis Zetterstedt, 1847

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 : 765

Minilimosina (Svarciella) vitripennis Zetterstedt, 1847

Material examined. Cattle farm: RIF. 1♀, Ben Karrich Village (34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 19.IV.2019 . Equine : RIF. 1♂, 2♀♀, Bab Taza Village (35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 . Sheep husbandry : RIF. 1♀, Ben Karrich Village (34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 19.IV.2019 .

Distribution in Morocco. MIDDLE ATLAS. Azrou ( Gatt et al., 2016).

General distribution. Nearctic – Canada; Palaearctic – Afghanistan, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Is. ( Denmark), Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Roumania, Russia (FE, SET, WS), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, former Yugoslavia ( Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco ( Kettani et al., 2022).

Biology. This species is found in cattle, sheep, and equine farms. The literature shows its presence in woods and woodland meadows, mountain birch forceps, damp deciduous forests, lake shores, moorland, garden, cow house, potato and rape fields ( Floren, 1989).