Thorectes maroccanus nov. sp. (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae, Geotrupinae, Geotrupini), a new species from Morocco, and its relationship with the Iberian and North African species of the genus

Thorectes maroccanus nov. sp. is described from Morocco. The differences with the Iberian and North African species of the genus are discussed. The new species is similar to Thorectes laevigatus (Fabricius, 1798), Thorectes lusitanicus (Jekel, 1966), Thorectes perezvalcarceli López-Colón & Bahillo de la Puebla, 2023, Thorectes angeli López-Colón & Bahillo de la Puebla, 2024 and Thorectes baraudi López-Colón, 1981, although these species are clearly distinguished by the conformation of the mandibles, the basal edge of the entire pronotum, the mesosternal process, the anterior tibia of the male and the aedeagus.