Published July 22, 2025 | Version v1
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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).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 751-782 in Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (3) on page 765, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.3.751, http://zenodo.org/record/17025248

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Additional details

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.