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 Capnioneura petitpierreae Aubert, 1961 Material examined. Rif : Chefchaouen, Laou v.: Tamalout r., Talassemtane village, 860 m , 20.10.2003 , 2 female , 14N; Saguia of Anssar Afaska, 1293 m , 18.10.2003 , 1 male , 3 female , 14N; Hajra r., 300 m , 1 male , 7N (ELA); Taria r., Talassemtane Park, 1200 m , 25.11.2008 , 10N; North of Maggo town r., 905 m , 10.12.2007 , 2 male ; Ouara Khizana r., Rills spr, 930 m , 10.12.2007 , 1 male , 3 female ; Ras el Ma Affluent, 457 m , 28.12.2012 , 2 male , 2 female , 5N (ERR). Tetouan, Martil v.: Hamma r., Bouanane spr., 400 m , 21.03.1997 , 3 male , 1 female , 10N (ELA). Distribution ( Fig. 9 ). A Betico-Maghrebin species with wide Maghreb distribution, in northern Morocco to Tunisia and extending in Andalucía. In Morocco , this species was reported for the first time by Aubert (1961) from a Rifan stream near Mount Tidirhine. It has also been collected in several other localities in the Rif ( Meinander 1967 , Sánchez-Ortega & Azzouz 1998 , Errochdi & El Alami 2008 , Errochdi et al . 2014), Middle Atlas ( Dakki 1987 ), North Atlantic Morocco (Mamora-Zemmour) and in the Central Plateau ( El Agbani et al . 1992 ) between 10 and 2000 m . However, it seems to be absent in eastern Morocco and the High Atlas. Indeed, specimens of C. petitpierreae cited by Bouzidi & Giudicelli (1994) in the High Atlas were assigned to C. atlasica (Vinçon et al . 2014) . Ecology. In the Middle Atlas, C. petitpierreae is only reported from high altitude brooks and torrents ( 1500–1700 m ), but in the rest of the Maghreb, it is more eurytopic and even present in lower stream reaches ( Sánchez-Ortega & Azzouz 1998 , Errochdi & El Alami 2008 ). Larvae are detritivores ( Azzouz & Sánchez-Ortega 2000 ) and the adult emergence period extends from autumn into spring season (X–IV).