Hydraena (Phothydraena) testacea Curtis, 1830

Benamar, Loubna, Bennas, Nard, Hassoun, Mustapha & Millán, Andrés, 2022, Checklist of Moroccan aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844) New records and updates, Zootaxa 5129 (4), pp. 451-504 : 458

Hydraena (Phothydraena) testacea Curtis, 1830

Material examined. Central Plateau: Benslimane (first record). S387, 10.IV.2007. Middle Atlas (first record): Meknès. 16 exs. , S334, 08.IV.2007. Khemisset. 7 exs. , S337, 09.IV.2007. High Atlas: Ouarzazate. 1 ex. , S341, 19.VII.1997. Anti Atlas (first record): Agadir Ida-Outanane. 31 exs. , S340, 22.VII.1997. 23 exs., S342, 21.VII.1997. 24 exs., S346, 21.IV.2001. 16 exs., S381, 21.VII.1997. Taroudant. 22 exs. , S367, 20.VII.1997. 4 exs., S368, 28.IV.2000. Tata. 1 ex. , S324, 22.VII.1997.

Chorotype. Europeo-Mediterranean.

Distribution in North Africa. Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia ( Jäch & Skale 2015).

Moroccan distribution. Rif and Pré-Rif: Tanger ( Escalera 1914; Berthélemy et al. 1992) and Ceuta ( Kocher 1958; Berthélemy et al. 1992). Central Plateau: Rabat (Orchymont 1935; Berthélemy et al. 1992). High Atlas: Marrakech and Ouarzazate ( Kocher 1958) .