Opacifrons coxata (Stenhammar, 1855)

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 : 765

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.3.751
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17031418
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scientific name	Opacifrons coxata (Stenhammar, 1855)
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Material examined. Cattle farm: RIF. 1♂, Mansoura Village ( 34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 14. GoogleMaps V.2021 GoogleMaps .

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).