Ischiolepta vaporariorum (Fallén, 1820)

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 : 772

Ischiolepta vaporariorum (Fallén, 1820)

Material examined. Cattle farm: RIF. 3♀♀, Bab Taza Village (35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 . 2♂♂, Aïn Zarka Village (35°31'12.7"N 5°20'42.8"W), 23.XII.2018 . 1♀, Ben Karrich Village (34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 19.IV.2019 . Goat farm : RIF. 1♂, Bab Taza Village (35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 . Sheep husbandry: COASTAL MESETA. 1♀, Nahda Village (32°14'22.9"N 8°33'12.2"W), 21.I.2019 .

Distribution in Morocco. RIF. Aïn Tissemlal, Oued Guallet ( Gatt et al., 2016).

General distribution. Nearctic – Canada, USA. Palaearctic – Afghanistan, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Roumania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan, Tunisia ( Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco ( Kettani et al., 2022).

Biology. We found it with cattle, goat, and sheep farms. According to Floren (1989), it is common, developing in various matters, cow houses, dunghill, pastures, grass compost, urinal, maple in sap, wet meadows, lake shores, and Swamps.