Ischiolepta pusilla (Haliday, 1836)

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 : 773

Ischiolepta pusilla (Haliday, 1836)

Material examined. Cattle farm: RIF. 1♂, 2♀♀, Bab Taza Village (35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 . Equine : RIF. 2♂♂, 1♀, Ben Karrich Village (34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 19.IV.2019 . Sheep husbandry: COASTAL MESETA. 2♀♀, Oulad Abbou Village (33°06'59.8"N 7°56'13.4"W), 3.III.2019 .

Distribution in Morocco. RIF. Oued Laou, Tétouan ( Marshall et al., 2011).

General distribution. Australasian/Oceanic – Australia (territory not given), New Zealand; Nearctic – Canada; Neotropical – Argentina, Chile; Palaearctic – Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain); Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Faeroe Is. ( Denmark), Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Italy (incl. Sicily), Japan, Latvia, Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Roumania, Russia (CET, NET, SET, WS), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, former Yugoslavia ( Serbia) ( Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco ( Marshall et al., 2011).

Biology. This study associates the species with cattle, equine, and sheep farms. According to Floren (1989), it is found on cow house.