Opacifrons coxata
Description
Opacifrons coxata (Stenhammar, 1855)
Material examined. Cattle farm: RIF. 1♂, Mansoura Village (34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 14. V.2021.
Distribution in Morocco. RIF. M’Diq, Oued Laou, Smir, Tétouan (Marshall et al., 2011).
General distribution. Afrotropical – Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Africa, Zaire (all need verification); Oriental – all records doubtful; Palaearctic – Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azores (Portugal), Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. (Spain), Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Crete), Hungary, Iran, Italy (incl. Sardinia), Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madeira (Portugal), Malta, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan, Tunisia, former Yugoslavia (Montenegro, Serbia) (Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco (Marshall et al., 2011).
Biology. Opacifrons coxata was found associated with cattle farms. In the literature, it is common in boggy and marshy habitats, larvae develop in mud, wet meadows, marshy land, on river and lake shores, potato and rape fields, and cow houses (Floren, 1989).
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.61186/jibs.11.3.751 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/17025248 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFF2FF951C41C270B24E630D8F7F7B16 (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/7DB505A4-D223-4E3B-AB67-45ABEC6F5A87 (URL)
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Biodiversity
- Collection code
- RIF , V
- Scientific name authorship
- Stenhammar
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Sphaeroceridae
- Genus
- Opacifrons
- Species
- coxata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Opacifrons coxata (Stenhammar, 1855) sec. Bouzrarf, Qalmoun, Beuk, Akhrif & Belqat, 2025
References
- Marshall, S. A., Rohacek, J., Dong, H. & Buck, M. (2011) The state of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera: Acalyptratae): world catalog update covering the years 2000 - 2010, with new generic synonymy, new combinations, and new distributions. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 51 (1), 217-298.
- Rohacek, J., Marshall, S. A., Norrbom, A. L., Buck, M., Quiros, D. I. & Smith, I. (2001) World catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Slezskeho Zemske Muzeum, Opava. 414 p.
- Floren, F. (1989) Distribution, phenology and habitats of the lesser dung fly species (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of Sweden and Norway, with notes from adjacent countries. The lesser dung flies of Sweden and Norway, 22, 65-68.