Spelobia clunipes (Meigen, 1830)

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 : 769

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.17031444
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB87ED-1C53-C262-B23F-61638A097FEC
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Spelobia clunipes (Meigen, 1830)
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Material examined. Cattle farm: RIF. 6♂♂, 1♀, Bab Taza Village ( 35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . 20♂♂, 12♀♀, Aïn Zarka Village ( 35°31'12.7"N 5°20'42.8"W), 23.XII.2018 GoogleMaps . 1♂, Ben Karrich Village ( 34°49'55.2"N 4°58'30.0"W), 19.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . Equine : RIF. 9♂♂, 2♀♀, Bab Taza Village ( 35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . Goat farm : RIF. 1♀, Beni Mazala Village ( 35°51'38.7"N 5°23'22.9"W), 28.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . 1♀, Al Kachla Village ( 35°50'40.6"N 5°23'12.6"W), 4. GoogleMaps V.2019. Sheep husbandry : RIF. 1♂, Stehat Village ( 34°49'41.3"N 4°56'36.3"W), 8.I.2019 GoogleMaps .

Distribution in Morocco. RIF. Dardara, Issaguen, Mtahen, Majjou waterfall, Martil, Onsar Akboul, Oued Afertane, Oued Mhannech, Oued Tahaddart ( Gatt et al., 2016).

General distribution. Nearctic – Canada; Palaearctic – Afghanistan, Andorra, Austria, Azores ( Portugal), Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Is. ( Denmark), Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, former Yugoslavia ( Montenegro, Serbia) ( Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco ( Gatt et al., 2016).

Biology. This species is found in cattle, sheep, equine, and goat farms. This corroborates the literature data since Schiegg & Munari (1999) qualified it as poly-saprophagous with very large ecological tolerance.