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 45189 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.1.2 2dd765ad-dde0-4edb-a1ae-ccbfeaf6f1c7 1175-5326 228487 B612F673-8312-4CF7-8822-D34373A08DB2 Siphonoperla lepineyi ( Navás, 1935 ) Material examined. Rif : Chefchaouen, Laou v.: Taïda r., 590 m , 13.05.2003 , 3 male ; Ouara Khizana r., Rills spr., 930 m , 05.03.2004 , 3L (ELA); Afaska r., 1200 m , 27.11.2008 , 1N; Ouara Ikadjiouène r., 680 m , 05.05.2005 , 9L, 06.08.2013 , 1 male , 3 female ; Tkarâa r.,> Douar Tayenza, Bouhachem mountain, 950 m , 27.04.2013 , 7L (ERR). High Atlas : Marrakech, Tensift v.: Ourika v.: Setti Fatma r., 1690 m , 06.06.2004 , 1 male , 3 female , 11L; 19.09.2004 , 15L; Imin Taddart r., 1300 m , 06.06.2004 , 1 male , 4L; 23.07.2004 , 3 female , 10L; Oulmès r., 1100 m , 06.06.2004 , 1 male , 2 female , 26L; 18.09.2004 , 22L. Tiferguine v.: Tiferguine r., 2650–2790 m , 02.06.2005 , 1 male , 5 female , 23L. N’Ouarzane v.: Oussaden r., 2000 m , 16.07.2005 , 7 female , 11L. Aït Trène v.: Aït Trène r., 2800 m , 02.06.2005 , 4 male , 6 female , 25L. Aït Mizane v.: Refuge, 2880–3300 m , 05.06.2004 , 3 male , 10 female , 23L (ABD). Distribution ( Fig. 4 ). A Moroccan endemic that occurs in the Rif, Middle Atlas, and the High Atlas mountains. Ecology. Larvae are predators and strongly orophilic mainly occurring in the highest areas of the Moroccan mountain ranges, up to 2100 m in the Rif ( Aubert 1961 , Sánchez-Ortega & Azzouz 1998 , Errochdi & Alami 2008 , Errochdi et al . 2014), 2150 m in the Middle Atlas ( Giudicelli & Dakki 1984 ) and 3300 m in the High Atlas ( Aubert 1956 ). The flight period is in late spring (V–VI) and extends until July in the higher areas of the High Atlas ( Aubert 1956 ).