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
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1175-5326
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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
).