Published December 31, 2014 | Version v1
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Leuctra geniculata Stephens 1836

  • 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

Leuctra geniculata Stephens 1836

Material examined. High-Atlas: Ourika Valley, Ait El Kake, below Oukaimeden, torrrent, 2150 m, 15.11.201 3, 47♂, 29♀ (VIN).

Distribution. A central and west European species which also occurs in the British Isles and the Maghreb.

Ecology. In Europe, it occurs more frequently in large rivers and streams of lowland regions (metarhithral - epipotamal) while in the Moroccan Rif, it widely occurs between 50-1520 m (Errochdi et al. 2014) and in the High-Atlas, up to 2150 m. The adults mainly emerge in autumn (VIII-XI).

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 pages 27-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4760483

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
VIN
Scientific name authorship
Stephens
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Plecoptera
Family
Leuctridae
Genus
Leuctra
Species
geniculata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Leuctra geniculata Stephens, 1836 sec. Vinçon, Alami & Errochdi, 2014

References

  • Errochdi, S., G. Vincon, & M. El Alami. 2014. Contribution to the Knowledge of the Rifan Stoneflies (Morocco). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 87, in press.