Lotobia pallidiventris (Meigen, 1830)

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

Lotobia pallidiventris (Meigen, 1830)

Material examined. Equine: RIF. 1♂, Ben Karrich Village (34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 19.IV.2019 .

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

General distribution. Afrotropical – Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Africa, Zaire; Oriental – India (Assam), Nepal, Pakistan; Palaearctic – Afghanistan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy (incl. Sardinia), Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Latvia, Mongolia, Roumania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Switzerland, Tadjikistan, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, former Yugoslavia ( Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco ( Marshall et al., 2011).

Biology. In our work, this species is found in equine farms. According to Papp, this species is developing in droppings of large mammals ( Papp, 1979).