Trachyopella ( T. ) melania (Haliday, 1836)

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 : 772

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.17031466
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB87ED-1C54-C265-B23F-63DF8D317949
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Trachyopella ( T. ) melania (Haliday, 1836)
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Trachyopella ( T.) melania (Haliday, 1836) View in CoL

Material examined. Cattle farm: COASTAL MESETA. 1♀, Lmchawir Village ( 32°46'23.1"N 8°29'06.5"W), 17.I.2019 GoogleMaps . 1♂, Oulad Abbou Village ( 33°06'59.8"N 7°56'13.4"W), 3.III.2019 GoogleMaps . Sheep husbandry: COASTAL MESETA. 7♂♂, 5♀♀, Oulad Abbou Village ( 33°06'59.8"N 7°56'13.4"W), 3.III.2019 GoogleMaps .

Distribution in Morocco. RIF. M’Diq, Oued Nwawel ( Gatt et al., 2016).

General distribution. Palaearctic – Andorra, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Malta, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Roumania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland ( Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco ( Kettani et al., 2022).

Biology. Found with cattle and sheep farms. According to Carles-Tolrá (2001), the species is associated with cattle, equine, pigs, and rabbits.