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Type: Article
Published: 2014-07-16
Page range: 46–76
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Contribution to the knowledge of Moroccan and Maghrebin stoneflies (Plecoptera)

Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Faculté des Sciences de Tétouan, Laboratoire Diversité et Conservation des systèmes biologiques (LDICOSYB), BP. 2121, 93000 Tétouan, Maroc.
Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Faculté des Sciences de Tétouan, Laboratoire Diversité et Conservation des systèmes biologiques (LDICOSYB), BP. 2121, 93000 Tétouan, Maroc.
Université Cadi Ayyad, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia de Marrakech, Maroc
Université Cadi Ayyad, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia de Marrakech, Maroc
Université Cadi Ayyad, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia de Marrakech, Maroc
Stoneflies faunal inventory ecology distribution endemic species Morocco

Abstract

An overview of Moroccan stoneflies is presented as an annotated summary of published and unpublished records from 115 localities. These records have resulted in an updated species list reflecting taxonomic corrections and noteworthy range extensions for several species. A total of 28 species, belonging to 15 genera and seven families, is now known from Morocco with the greatest diversity found in the Rif Mountains (23 species) and the lowest in eastern Morocco with three species. The majority of Moroccan stoneflies are typical Mediterranean species (86%). The Moroccan endemics comprise nine species (32% of the Moroccan fauna). The Plecoptera fauna of Morocco is compared to that of Algeria and Tunisia. Thirty-eight stonefly species are reported from the entire Maghreb region. Protonemura khroumiriensis Béjaoui & Boumaïza, 2009 is considered a synonym of P. drahamensis Vinçon & Pardo, 2006.