Trachyopella ( Trachyopella ) atomus (Rondani, 1880)

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 : 771

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.17031460
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Trachyopella ( Trachyopella ) atomus (Rondani, 1880)
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Trachyopella ( Trachyopella) atomus (Rondani, 1880) View in CoL

Material examined. Cattle farm: RIF. 1♂, Mansoura Village ( 34°50'02.9"N 4°57'49.7"W), 29. GoogleMaps V.2021 GoogleMaps .

General distribution. Afrotropical – Zaire; Australasian/ Oceanic – Guam ( USA), Hawaii ( USA); Palaearctic – Afghanistan, Azores ( Portugal), Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Roumania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan ( Roháček et al., 2001); Morocco ( New record).

Biology. In this study, the species is found associated with cattle farms. However, according to Carles-Tolrá (2001), it was found in sheep droppings.