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Spelobia quaesita Rohacek 1983

Description

Spelobia quaesita Roháček, 1983.

Material examined. Cattle farm: COASTAL MESETA. 1♂, Aït Messaoud Village (31°43'36.0"N 8°05'14.3"W), 26.IV.2019. RIF. 1♀, Aïn Zarka Village (35°31'12.7"N 5°20'42.8"W), 23.XII.2018. Equine: RIF. 1♂, Bab Taza Village (35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019. 2♀♀, Mansoura Village (34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 15. V.2021. 1♂, Dghalyen Village (35°51'03.5"N 5°23'16.6"W), 1. V.2019. Goat farm: RIF. 1♀, Al Kachla Village (35°50'40.6"N 5°23'12.6"W), 4. V.2019. Sheep husbandry: COASTAL MESETA. 2♀♀, Nahda Village (32°14'22.9"N 8°33'12.2"W), 21.I.2020.

Distribution in Morocco. COASTAL MESETA. Aït Messaoud, Nahda; RIF. Aïn Zarka, Al Kachla, Bab Taza, Mansoura.

General distribution. Palaearctic – Algeria, Morocco, Spain (Roháček et al., 2001).

Biology. It is found in cattle, sheep, and equine farms. According to Carles-Tolrá (2001), it is recorded in caves.

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
RIF
Event date
2018-12-23 , 2019-04-26 , 2019-04-28 , 2020-01-21
Verbatim event date
2018-12-23 , 2019-04-26 , 2019-04-28 , 2020-01-21
Scientific name authorship
Rohacek
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Sphaeroceridae
Genus
Spelobia
Species
quaesita
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Spelobia quaesita Rohacek, 1983 sec. Bouzrarf, Qalmoun, Beuk, Akhrif & Belqat, 2025

References

  • 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.
  • Carles-Tolra, M. (2001). Datos taxonomicos y ecologicos de 304 especies de dipteros acalipteros (Diptera, Acalyptrata). Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 28, 89-103.