Pullimosina ( P. ) zayensis Marshall, 1986

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 : 767

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.17031432
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB87ED-1C51-C260-B23F-67E08D5F7D89
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Pullimosina ( P. ) zayensis Marshall, 1986
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Pullimosina ( P.) zayensis Marshall, 1986 View in CoL

Material examined. Cattle farm: COASTAL MESETA. 1♂, 1♀, Lmchawir Village ( 32°46'23.1"N 8°29'06.5"W), 17.I.2019 GoogleMaps . 3♂♂, 1♀, Birjdid Village ( 33°22'06.7"N 8°00'52.8"W), 21.I.2019 GoogleMaps . Equine: HIGH ATLAS. 1♂, El Ghorba Village ( 31°57'29"N 6°32'06"W), 9.XII.2018 GoogleMaps . Sheep husbandry: COASTAL MESETA. 2♂♂, 1♀, Nahda Village ( 32°14'22.9"N 8°33'12.2"W), 21.I.2020 GoogleMaps .

Distribution in Morocco. COASTAL MESETA. Birjdid, Lmchawir, Nahda; HIGH ATLAS. El Ghorba.

General distribution. Nearctic – USA; Neotropical – Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Galápagos Is. ( Ecuador), Honduras, Jamaica, St. Kitts, Trinidad, Venezuela; Palaearctic – Canary Is. ( Spain), Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain (incl. Balearic Is.) ( Roháček et al., 2001).

Biology. It was collected in cattle, sheep, and equine farms. According to Carles-Tolrá (2001), this species is found also in sheep droppings.