Amphinemura chiffensis Aubert 1956

Vinçon, Gilles, Alami, Majida El & Errochdi, Sanae, 2014, Contribution To The Knowledge Of The Moroccan High And Middle Atlas Stoneflies (Plecoptera, Insecta), Illiesia 10 (3), pp. 17-31 : 20

Amphinemura chiffensis Aubert 1956

Amphinemura chiffensis Aubert 1956 (partim): p. 428 (only the records from the Moroccan High Atlas).

Material examined. High-Atlas : Ourika Valley, above Oukaimeden ski station, large brook with low speed, 2620 m, 3.06.200 6, 3♀; brook and spring, 2800 m, 3.06.200 6, 1♂ ( VIN).

Distribution. A High-Atlas micro-endemic species ( Fig. 1 ). The records from Tunisia ( Béjaoui et al. 2003, Béjaoui & Boumaiza 2004) and Algeria ( Aubert 1956, Lounaci & Vinçon 2005, Yasri et al. 2013) belong to A. berthelemyi Vinçon, Yasri & Lounaci, 2013 ( Fig. 1 ), and those from the Moroccan Rif belong to A. yasriarum Vinçon, 2014 .

Ecology. A strongly crenophilic and orophilic species which occurs mainly in springs, brooks and small rivers, between 2500 and 2800 m ( Aubert 1956, 1961, Miron 1972, Pihan & Mohati 1983, Bouzidi 1989). It also occurs exceptionally in lower reaches (Tichka, 1350 m, Sánchez- Ortega coll.). Flight period VI-VIII.

Figures

Fig. 1. Distribution of Amphinemura berthelemyi, A. chiffensis, A. tiernodefigueroai sp. n. and A. yasriarum.