Simulium (Simulium) variegatum, Meigen, 1818

Belqat, Boutaïna, Adler, Peter H., Cherairia, Mouna & Boudghane-Bendiouis, Chafika Chaoui, 2018, Inventory of the Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of North Africa, Zootaxa 4442 (2), pp. 201-220 : 214-215

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scientific name	Simulium (Simulium) variegatum
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Simulium (Simulium) variegatum View in CoL species group

Simulium (Simulium) atlasicum Giudicelli & Bouzidi, 1989

Morocco: High Atlas: Belqat et al. (2011: 55): inventoried with faunistic and bibliographical details.

Simulium (Simulium) berberum Giudicelli & Bouzidi, 1989

Morocco: High Atlas: Belqat et al. (2011: 55): inventoried with faunistic and bibliographical details.

Simulium (Simulium) monticola Friederichs, 1920

= dorieri Doby & Rault, 1960 [Austria and France]

Algeria: Djurdjura Mountains: Gagneur & Clergue-Gazeau (1988: 277, 284): comparison with fauna in Tlemcen Mountains. Lounaci et al. (2000b: 128, 133): occurrence, abundance, bionomics. Chaoui Boudghane- Bendiouis et al. (2012: 306): listed. Haouchine & Lounaci (2012: 143, 146–147): occurrence, abundance, community structure with regard to environmental variables and spatial distribution. Chaoui Boudghane-Bendiouis (2016: 44–45): distribution.

Simulium (Simulium) variegatum Meigen, 1818

Morocco: Rif, High Atlas: Belqat et al. (2011: 55): inventoried with faunistic and bibliographical details.

Algeria: Djurdjura Mountains: Gagneur & Clergue-Gazeau (1988: 277, 284): comparison with fauna in Tlemcen Mountains. Lounaci et al. (2000b: 128, 133): occurrence, abundance, bionomics. Chaoui Boudghane- Bendiouis et al. (2012: 306): listed. Haouchine & Lounaci (2012: 143, 149, 153): occurrence, abundance, bionomics. Eastern Algeria: Clergue-Gazeau et al. (1991: 54): listed. Chaoui Boudghane-Bendiouis (2016: 41– 45): distribution.

Simulium (Simulium) xanthinum Edwards, 1933

= gaudi Grenier & Faure, 1957 View in CoL [Morocco]

Morocco: Rif, Pré Rif, Middle Atlas, High Atlas: Belqat et al. (2011: 55): inventoried with faunistic and bibliographical details.

Algeria: Tlemcen Mountains: Gagneur & Clergue-Gazeau (1988: 276–283): first record for Algeria, biogeography, ecology (as S. (S.) gaudi ). Chaoui Boudghane-Bendiouis et al. (2012: 306): listed. Chaoui Boudghane-Bendiouis (2016: 41–45): distribution. Western Algeria: Clergue-Gazeau et al. (1991: 54): listed but locality unspecified (as S. (S.) gaudi ).

Simulium ‘indet.’ Belqat, Adler & Dakki, 2001a

= ‘sp.’ Belqat, Adler & Crosskey, 2011 [Morocco]

Morocco: Rif: Belqat et al. (2011: 56): inventoried with faunistic and bibliographical details.

Comment: We have considered this taxon an undescribed species, originally placed in the S. venustum group ( Belqat et al. 2001a, 2011), but more probably a member of the S. variegatum group ( Adler & Crosskey 2018: footnote).