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Marthamea bayae, a new species of stonefly from Algeria (Plecoptera: Perlidae)

Laboratoire ‘Ressources Naturelles’, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et Sciences Agronomiques, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
Laboratoire ‘Ressources Naturelles’, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et Sciences Agronomiques, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
2 Petit-Berne, CH-2035 Corcelles, Switzerland
55 Bd Joseph Vallier, F-38100 Grenoble, France.
stoneflies North Africa Djurdjura Massif Kabylia

Abstract

A new species of the perlid genus Marthamea Klapálek, M. bayae sp. n. from Algeria is described and illustrated based on the morphology of adults and larvae. This is the first known record for the genus from North Africa.

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