Elachisoma pilosum (Duda, 1924)

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, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (3), pp. 751-782 : 763

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.3.751
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7DB505A4-D223-4E3B-AB67-45ABEC6F5A87
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17031398
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB87ED-1C4D-C27C-B23F-612C8B9D78A8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Elachisoma pilosum (Duda, 1924)
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Material examined. Cattle farm: COASTAL MESETA. 1♀, Lmchawir Village ( 32°46'23.1"N 8°29'06.5"W), 17.I.2019 GoogleMaps . 1♀, Safi City ( 32°23'53.0"N 9°10'39.0"W), 7.XI.2018 GoogleMaps . 1♂, Birjdid Village ( 33°22'06.7"N 8°00'52.8"W), 21.I.2019. RIF GoogleMaps . 4♂♂, 3♀♀, Aïn Zarka Village ( 35°31'12.7"N 5°20'42.8"W), 23.XII.2018 GoogleMaps . Sheep husbandry: COASTAL MESETA . 2♂♂, Nahda Village ( 32°14'22.9"N 8°33'12.2"W), 21.I.2020. RIF GoogleMaps . 2♀♀, Mansoura Village ( 34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 23. V.2021 GoogleMaps .

General distribution. Oriental – Indonesia ( Java), Malaysia; Palaearctic – Afghanistan, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Roumania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden ( Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco ( New record for North Africa).

Biology. This species was found in cattle and sheep farms. Often found together with E. aterrimum on cow houses, dunghill, potato and rape fields, deciduous forests, and hills ( Floren, 1989).