Protonemura berberica Vinçon & Sánchez-Ortega, 1999

Errochdi, Sanae, Alami, Majida El, Vinçon, Gilles, Abdaoui, Abdelali & Ghamizi, Mohamed, 2014, Contribution to the knowledge of Moroccan and Maghrebin stoneflies (Plecoptera), Zootaxa 3838 (1) : -

Protonemura berberica Vinçon & Sánchez-Ortega, 1999

Distribution ( Fig. 7 ). A micro-endemic species of the Moroccan Rif. It is known only from four localities in the Rif: in the region between Ketama and Bab Berred at 1520 m, near the coast Imaziten 320 m ( Sánchez-Ortega & Azzouz 1998), between Ketama and Bab Bissen at 1600 m and Mount Tidirhine between 1500 and 1900 m (Errochdi et al. 2014).

Ecology. Larvae are crenophilic occurring primarily in springs and brooklets, and are detritivores. Adult emergence period is in the cold season, from autumn to spring (XI–VII).

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FIGURE 7. Distribution of Protonemura berberica, P. dakkii and P. talboti in the western Maghreb.