The Entomological Society of Iran Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 2423-8112 11 1 2025 01 01 The beetles (Coleoptera) associated with the Maamora cork oak forest in the north-west of Morocco 39 84 20631 10.61186/jibs.11.1.39 EN Hamza Habbaz Laboratoire d’Ecologie et Environnement, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sick, BP 7955 - Sidi Othman, Casablanca, Morocco Noureddin Maatouf Centre d’Innovation, de Recherche et de Formation, Agence Nationale des Eaux et Forêts, BP. 763, Rabat - Agdal, Morocco 0000-0002-6288-7378 Jean-Pierre Lumaret Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III, Route de Mende, 34199 Montpellier Cedex 5, France 0000-0003-2926-3974 Latifa Rohi Laboratoire d’Ecologie et Environnement, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sick, BP 7955 - Sidi Othman, Casablanca, Morocco 0000-0002-4180-1117 Journal Article 2023 12 20 This study aims to explore and improve the understanding of the biodiversity of beetles in the Maamora forest, one of the largest cork oak forests in the world. A survey was carried out over two consecutive years (2021 and 2022), using both active and passive traps. A total of 8247 individuals were collected, representing 256 species, belonging to 42 families of Coleoptera order. Most of the beetle species belonged to the families Tenebrionidae (27 species), Carabidae (27 species) and Curculionidae (24 species). Out of the 256 species identified, 216 have been included in this document. We only selected species of high heritage value; 53 were saproxylic, including 6 rare species; 29 were endemic, and 26 species were identified as new records for the Moroccan entomofauna. These results provide the first checklist of beetle fauna in the Maamora forest, which will contribute new information on the distribution of beetles in the cork oak forests of Morocco. https://jibs.modares.ac.ir/article_20631_485a14fd62b66db23227ab287b1eea1b.pdf