Scraptia ophthalmica Mulsant, 1856

Habbaz, Hamza, Maatouf, Noureddin, Lumaret, Jean-Pierre & Rohi, Latifa, 2025, The beetles (Coleoptera) associated with the Maamora cork oak forest in the north-west of Morocco, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1), pp. 39-84 : 66

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.39
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2E7325F8-6C09-4621-9A9A-9A95C7E4764B
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scientific name	Scraptia ophthalmica Mulsant, 1856
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Scraptia ophthalmica Mulsant, 1856 ( S. schotti Leblanc, 2012 ) [S]

Material examined. 3 specs., Canton E (34°09'36.1"N, 06°07'04.34"W), 05.VIII.2021, window traps. 1 spec., Canton C (34°04'57.73"N, 06°24'38.31"W), 28. V.2021, WCT; 1 spec., 02.VII.2021, YCT; 2 specs., 05.VIII.2021, YCT and OCT; 1 spec., 19.IX.2021, YCT and window trap. 1 spec., Canton A (34°12'33.34"N, 06°35'54.78"W), 05.VIII.2021, OCT.

Distribution. Western Palaearctic ( France, Spain, Italy, and Morocco – Leblanc et al., 2008). The specimens from Corsica, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia were considered as a new species and described by Leblanc (2012) under the name of Scapia schotti n. sp. Saproxylophagous larvae, flower-feeding adults.