Contribution to the knowledge of Moroccan and Maghrebin stoneflies (Plecoptera)
Author
Errochdi, Sanae
Author
Alami, Majida El
Author
Vinçon, Gilles
Author
Abdaoui, Abdelali
Author
Ghamizi, Mohamed
text
Zootaxa
2014
3838
1
journal volume
10.11646/zootaxa.3838.1.2
2dd765ad-dde0-4edb-a1ae-ccbfeaf6f1c7
1175-5326
228487
B612F673-8312-4CF7-8822-D34373A08DB2
Brachyptera auberti
Consiglio, 1957a
Distribution
(
Fig. 5
). A West Mediterranean species that occurs in the Maghreb from
Morocco
to
Tunisia
. In
Morocco
, it was listed both from the Rif by
Aubert (1961)
,
Sánchez-Ortega & Azzouz (1998)
,
Errochdi & El Alami (2008)
and Errochdi
et al
. (2014), from the Central Plateau by
El Agbani (1984)
and in the High Atlas by
Meinander (1967)
,
Ajakane (1988)
and Vinçon
et al
. (2014).
Ecology.
Larvae occur in mountain brooks and torrents between 170 and
1800 m
in the Rif (Errochdi
et al.
2014), between
1050 and
1350
m in the Central Plateau and up to
2150 m
in the High Atlas. The adults emerge in winter and spring (II–VI).