Published December 31, 2014 | Version v1
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Hemimelaena flaviventris

  • 1. 55 Bd Joseph Vallier, F 38100 Grenoble, France E-mail: vincon @ kls-logistic. fr
  • 2. Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Faculté des Sciences de Tétouan, Laboratoire Diversité et Conservation des systèmes biologiques (LDICOSYB), BP. 2121, 93000 Tétouan, Maroc. E-mail: majidae @ hotmail. com
  • 3. Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Faculté des Sciences de Tétouan, Laboratoire Diversité et Conservation des systèmes biologiques (LDICOSYB), BP. 2121, 93000 Tétouan, Maroc. E-mail: errochdi _ sanae @ yahoo. fr

Description

Hemimelaena flaviventris (Pictet 1841)

Material examined. Middle-Atlas: Taza, SW Tazzeka Mount, below Bab Taka Pass, Oued el Abod tributary, 1500-1700 m, brook, 6.06.201 3, 6 ♂, 9 ♀ + 1 larva (VIN).

Distribution. It occurs in the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco. Previous records from Tunisia and Algeria (Berthélemy 1973, Lounaci & Vinçon 2005) relate to Afroperlodes lecerfi (Navás 1929).

Ecology. A characteristic element of the temporary streams in the Iberian Peninsula (Aubert 1963). In the Moroccan Middle-Atlas, it occurs in high mountain streams of various sizes (torrents, brooks and brooklets) (1200-1400 m). The adults were found in late spring (VI).

Notes

Published as part of Vinçon, Gilles, Alami, Majida El & Errochdi, Sanae, 2014, Contribution To The Knowledge Of The Moroccan High And Middle Atlas Stoneflies (Plecoptera, Insecta), pp. 17-31 in Illiesia 10 (3) on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4760483

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
VIN
Scientific name authorship
Pictet
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Plecoptera
Family
Perlodidae
Genus
Hemimelaena
Species
flaviventris
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hemimelaena flaviventris (Pictet, 1841) sec. Vinçon, Alami & Errochdi, 2014

References

  • Berthelemy, C. 1973. Donnees preliminaires sur les Plecopteres de Tunisie. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie, 18: 1544 - 1548.
  • Lounaci, A. & G. Vincon. 2005. Les Plecopteres de la Kabylie du Djurdjura (Algerie) et biogeographie des especes d'Afrique du Nord (Plecoptera). Ephemera, 6 (2), (2004): 109 - 124.
  • Aubert, J. 1963. Les Plecopteres des cours d'eau temporaires de la peninsule iberique. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 35 (3 - 4): 301 - 315.