contribution to the knowledge of sphaeroceridae (insecta: diptera) associated with animal breeding farms in morocco

Seventeen species and two genera - elachisoma rondani, 1880 and gonioneura rondani, 1880- of sphaeroceridae are recorded for the first time in morocco of which 12 species are new to north africa (nudopella hem (roháček & marshall, 1986), e. bajzae papp, 1983, e. kerteszi (duda, 1924), e. pilosum (duda, 1924), gonioneura spinipennis (haliday, 1836), minilimosina (svarciella) ismayi roháček, 1983b, opalimosina (dentilimosina) denticulata (duda, 1924), spelobia talparum (richards, 1927), nudopella leucoptera (haliday, 1836), trachyopella (trachyopella) lineafrons (spuler, 1925), t. (t.) straminea roháček & marshall, 1986 and ischiolepta scabricula (haliday, 1836)). the aim of this study was to identify the lesser dung flies associated with five types of livestock (cattle, sheep, horses, goats, and poultry) among the 63 recognized species. these new findings have raised the total number of recognized sphaeroceridae species in morocco to 84.