Coproica hirtula (Rondani, 1880)

Coproica hirtula (Rondani, 1880) View in CoL

Material examined. Cattle farm: COASTAL MESETA. 1♂, Douar Touanssa ( 31°58'00.1"N 8°58'40.4"W), 7.XI.2019. 1♀, Safi City ( 32°23'53.0"N 9°10'39.0"W), 7.XI.2018. 1♂, Mazagan Sea ( 33°16'24.3"N 8°22'13.9"W), 8.XI.2018. 1♂, Lmchawir Village ( 32°46'23.1"N 8°29'06.5"W), 17.I.2019. MIDDLE ATLAS. 1♂, 6♀♀, Elksiba Village ( 32°34'10.9"N 6°02'43.1"W), 7.XI.2018. RIF. 5♂♂, 7♀♀, Ben Karrich Village ( 34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 19.IV.2019. 4♂♂, 1♀, Boujarah Village ( 35°34'38.7"N 5°19'02.5"W), 6.V.2019. 2♂♂, 3♀♀, Sidi Mansour Village ( 35°14'16.7"N 3°57'04.5"W), 3.V.2019. Sheep husbandry: COASTAL MESETA. 2♂♂, 1♀, Nahda Village ( 32°14'22.9"N 8°33'12.2"W), 21.I.2020. RIF. 1♂, Afrasso Village ( 35°51'37.4"N 5°23'16.0"W), 3.V.2019. 1♀, Bab Taza Village ( 35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019. 13♂♂, 11♀♀, Mansoura Village ( 34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 29.V.2021. 1♂, Dghalyen Village ( 35°51'03.5"N 5°23'16.6"W), 1.V.2019. Goat farm: RIF. 1♀, Dghalyen Village ( 35°51'03.5"N 5°23'16.6"W), 1.V.2019. Equine: MIDDLE ATLAS. 3♂♂, 3♀♀, Tadla City ( 32°20'22"N 6°22'55"W), 9.XII.2018. RIF. 4♂♂, 11♀♀, Ben Karrich Village ( 34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 17.V.2021. 1♂, 1♀, Mansoura Village ( 34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 28.V.2021. Poultry: RIF. 1♀, Afrasso Village ( 35°51'37.4"N 5°23'16.0"W), 3.IV.2019, malaise trap, coll. Bouzrarf, UAE-FST GoogleMaps .

Distribution in Morocco. RIF. Zarka waterfall; ANTI ATLAS. Errachidia ( Gatt et al., 2016).

General distribution. Afrotropical – Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Seychelles, Yemen, Zaire; Australasian/ Oceanic – Bonin Is. ( Japan), Guam ( USA), Hawaii ( USA), Kiribati ( Onotoa Atoll), Marshall Is., Micronesia (Kapingamarangi Atoll, Satawal I., Yap Is.), New Zealand, Northern Mariana Is. (Saipan), Papua New Guinea, Palau, Pitcairn Is.; Nearctic – Canada; Neotropical – Chile; Oriental – China (HKG), India, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam; Palaearctic – Afghanistan, Andorra, Austria, Azores ( Portugal), Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain), Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (Thíra), Hungary, Italy, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Roumania, Russia (CET), Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, former Yugoslavia ( Serbia); South Atlantic: Saint Helena ( Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco ( Kettani et al., 2022).

Biology. In our study, this species is found associated with equine, cattle, sheep, and goats, and connected with animal husbandry, cow houses, potato and rape fields, and grass compost ( Floren, 1989).