This database compiles information from 93 bibliographic references and various unpublished materials on the distribution of species belonging to the families Scarabaeidae (Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae) and Geotrupidae in Morocco and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. It also includes a few records from other regions in North Africa. The records have been georeferenced in decimal degrees with an approximate accuracy of 1 km, and the taxonomic nomenclature of the species has been standardised based on Volume 3 of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Löbl and Löbl, 2016).

[Description of methods used for collection/generation of data] Recopilación de datos procedentes de la literatura y de colecciones privadas o públicas relativos a los coleópteros Scarabaeoidea pertenecientes a las familias Scarabaeidae (Scarabaeinae y Aphodiinae) 7 Geotrupidae [Methods for processing the data] trabajo realizado gracias a una ayuda del Instituto de Estudios Ceutíes (https://www.ieceuties.org/)durante los años 2009-2010.

Proyecto “: Creación de una base de datos sobre los Scarabaeoidea coprófagos de Marruecos, Instituto de Estudios Ceutíes (https://www.ieceuties.org/), 2009-2010.

Peer reviewed