First Annoted Checklist of Aquatic Diptera (Insecta) of Two Ramsar Sites (Ahançal and Aït Bouguemaz Rivers) at the Central High Atlas (Morocco): Families Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, Tipulidae, Empididae, and Tabanidae
Table 4
Altitudinal distribution of the collected Diptera in the two studied rivers.
Taxa\sites (in elevation order) =>
B1
B2
B3
A1
B4
B5
A2
B6
B7
B8
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
A8
Distribution patterns
Altitudes =>
2408
2140
2075
2043
2006
1978
1967
1849
1836
1766
1641
1607
1229
1131
1128
1086
Habitats types =>
S
MS
S
S
S
S
MS
MS
S
MR
S
MS
MS
MR
MR
MR
Number of species =>
2
1
1
9
1
2
4
10
5
9
4
2
15
9
1
7
Total numbers of individuals =>
2
1
1
58
3
4
18
36
12
49
8
2
146
29
7
180
Cardiocladius spp.
◦
•
Alticolous taxa
Diamesa sp.
◦
Zalutschia sp.
◦
Thienemanniella spp.
◦
Atrichopogon sp.
◦
Heterotrissocladius spp.
◦
◦
Hemerodromia spp.
•
◦
●
◦
Taxa with large altitudinal range
Parametriocnemus spp.
•
◦
•
◦
•
Orthocladius spp.
◦
●
◦
•
•
●
•
●
Parakiefferiella spp.
●
•
•
●
•
●
Cricotopus spp.
•
•
●
●
•
•
●
●
Orthocladius (Euorthocladius) sp.
◦
Rheotanytarsus spp.
•
•
●
•
Hydrobaenus sp.
◦
Taxa preferring medium mountain waters
Macropelopia nebulosa
•
Tipula (Yamatotipula) pierrei
•
Nanocladius spp.
•
Rheopelopia maculipennis
◦
Thienemannimyia spp.
◦
Heterotrissocladius marcidus
◦
Parachironomus frequens
◦
Macropelopia notata
◦
Paratanytarsus spp.
◦
•
•
Krenopelopia spp.
●
Natarsia spp.
•
◦
◦
Metriocnemus spp.
•
Brilla sp.
◦
Tipula (Y/) barbarensis
◦
Psilometriocnemus sp.
◦
Chelifera spp.
◦
◦
Chrysops viduatus
◦
◦
Ablabesmyia sp.
●
◦
Taxa preferring low mountain rivers
Tvetenia spp.
●
Tanytarsus spp.
•
Culicoides sp.
◦
Wiedemannia sp.
◦
Ablabesmyia (A.) monilis
◦
Conchapelopia sp.
◦
Polypedilum sp.
◦
Psectrocladius (A.) flavus
•
Eukiefferiella spp.
•
●
Telopelopia fascigera
◦
Zavrelimyia sp.
◦
Habitat types: S = spring; MS = mountainous stream; MR = mountainous river. Abundance: 1-2 (◦), 3–10 (•), 11–20 (•), and >20 (●).
