Biodiversity and chorology of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae and Hydraenidae) in Kabylia (central-north Algeria). New records and updates
Author
Lamine, Smail
Author
Lounaci, Abdelkader
Author
Bennas, Nard
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-11-18
4700
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4700.1.5
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Hydraena (Hydraena) testacea
Curtis, 1830
Chorotype
. Europeo-Mediterranean.
In
Algeria
this species was recorded in many localities (
Berthélemy
et al
. 1991
),
Oran
in the north-west of the country, Frenda (Wilaya of
Tiaret
), Bou Berak near the city of Dellys (Wilaya of
Boumerdès
),
Blida
(massif of Mouzaϊa), Bordj-Menaïl, Bouira—Médéa, and
Tizi-Ouzou
(massif of the Djurdjura) in the central-north, Constan- tine, and Edough massif in the north-east. Despite the fact that this species was previously recorded in the Djurdjura, it was not collected during this survey.