Brachyptera auberti Consiglio 1957

Brachyptera mussardi (Aubert 1961 p. 215)

Material examined. High-Atlas: Ourika Valley, Ait El Kake, below Oukaimeden, torrent, 2150 m, 3.06.200 6, 1♀ + 2♂ exuviae (VIN).

Distribution. A west Mediterranean species which occurs in the Maghreb from Morocco to Tunisia.

Ecology. An orophilic species which occurs in mountain brooks and torrents between 170 and 1800 m in the Rif (Errochdi et al. 2014), up to 2150 m in the High-Atlas. The adults emerge during winter and spring (II-VI).