Macrothricidae Norman et Brady, 1867

Ghaouaci, Souad, Amarouayache, Mounia, Sinev, Artem Y., Korovchinsky, Nikolai M. & Kotov, Alexey A., 2018, An annotated checklist of the Algerian Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda), Zootaxa 4377 (3), pp. 412-430 : 419

Family Macrothricidae Norman et Brady, 1867

42. Bunops serricaudata (Daday, 1888) *, recorded by Samraoui et al. (1998) in Lac Bleu. Palearctic species ( Kotov et al. 2013a).

43. Lathonura rectirostris (O. F. Müller, 1785) *, recorded by Samraoui et al. (1998) in Bou Redim marsh. Holarctic species ( Kotov et al. 2013a), occurring also in South Africa ( Hart & Dumont 2005).

44. Macrothrix dadayi Behning, 1941 *, newly recorded species in Algeria (sites 23, 24, 48, 72). Palearctic species (Kotov 2008).

45. Macrothrix hirsuticornis Norman and Brady, 1867 , recorded by Blanchard (1891) and Blanchard & Richard (1890, 1891), Gurney (1909), Gauthier (1928a, 1931, 1934), Beadle (1943), Dumont et al. (1979) and in this study (sites 19, 51, 71, 77). Only Palearctic populations could be regarded as M. hirsuticornis ( Smirnov 1992) , non- Palearctic records belong to other taxa ( Kotov 2007).

46. Macrothrix laticornis (Jurine, 1820) *, recorded by Gauthier (1928a) in Oubeira Lake. It is known almost over the whole temperate Eurasia, with populations occurring even in Central Nepal ( Silva-Briano et al. 1999).

47. Macrothrix rosea (Jurine, 1820) , recorded by Gauthier (1928a) and Samraoui et al. (1998). Holarctic taxon in need of being revised (Kotov et al. 2012).

48. Macrothrix spinosa King, 1853 , recorded by Samraoui et al. (1998) and in this study (site 85). Pantropical taxon ( Smirnov 1992) in need of being revised.