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Spelobia hungarica

Description

Spelobia hungarica (Villeneuve, 1917)

Material examined. Cattle farm: COASTAL MESETA. 2♂♂, Birjdid Village (33°22'06.7"N 8°00'52.8"W), 21.I.2019. RIF. 1♂, Moulay Bouchta Village (34°29'34.4"N 5°07'30.0"W), 21.I.2019.

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

General distribution. Palaearctic – Denmark, Germany, Greece (Crete), Hungary, Italy (incl. Sardinia), Israel, Spain (Balearic Is.), Tunisia (Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco (Marshall et al., 2011).

Biology. We found it associated with cattle farms. But Roháček (1983a) reported the species from equine droppings.

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 769, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.3.751, http://zenodo.org/record/17025248

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
RIF
Event date
2019-01-21
Verbatim event date
2019-01-21
Scientific name authorship
Villeneuve
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Sphaeroceridae
Genus
Spelobia
Species
hungarica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Spelobia hungarica (Villeneuve, 1917) 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.
  • Rohacek, J. (1983 a) A monograph and re-classification of the previous genus Limosina Macquart (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of Europe. Part II. Beitrage zur Entomologie, 33 (1), 3-195.