Streptocephalus torvicornis (Waga, 1842)

Chergui, Isslam, Satour, Abdellatif, Bouzid, Abdelhakim, Koulali, Khaled & Samraoui, Boudjéma, 2023, Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Large Branchiopods in Algeria and a checklist update, Zootaxa 5336 (3), pp. 328-348 : 338

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B04CD850-B9E2-4747-B8EF-D96E90A0EE7D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8281593

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7A498793-FFD5-FF8F-FF5D-F9DE2B02BF9E

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Streptocephalus torvicornis (Waga, 1842)
status

 

Streptocephalus torvicornis (Waga, 1842) View in CoL View at ENA

Records in this study. The species was recorded in the Tassili N’Ajjer in Illizi Quarry, Unnamed pond 15 km south Illizi Quarry, Unnamed pond south Illizi, Intarsad, Samak Samak, Intihai, Akdo, Nobbod, Immihro, Ikyniawin, Dider, and in the Hauts Plateaux at Jemot.

Previous records in the Algerian Sahara. Ouargla ( Daday 1910), Oued Mzab, and the Ahaggar ( Gauthier 1930), Mouydir ( Gauthier 1933), Tassili N’Ajjer ( Daday 1910; Gauthier 1930, 1933; Beladjal et al. 1995b; Samraoui et al. 2006; Thiéry & Rogers 2022).

Previous records in the Hauts Plateaux and coastal area. Between Laghouat and Djelfa ( Gauthier 1928b), Chott Ezzeher and Jemot ( Ouahioune Rais 2019), Jemot ( Beladjal & Amarouayache 2023).

Comments. The species has been recorded both in the Central Sahara and in the Hauts Plateaux. In the Maghreb, Thiéry (1987) distinguishes two subspecies: S. t. torvicornis , which occurs in semi-arid and arid regions, and S. t. bucheti, which occurs in semi-arid to sub-humid regions, each with different ranges and climatic preferences.

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