Elmis maugetii velutina Reiche, 1879

Lamine, Smail, Lounaci, Abdelkader & Bennas, Nard, 2019, Biodiversity and chorology of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae and Hydraenidae) in Kabylia (central-north Algeria). New records and updates, Zootaxa 4700 (1), pp. 102-116 : 109

Elmis maugetii velutina Reiche, 1879

Material examined. SA1 : 12-VI-2013 (13 exs.) , AA: 10-IV-2013 (3 exs.); 23-IV-2015 (3 exs.) , A1: 7-V-2013 (8 exs.), O1: 26-V-2015 (4 exs.), BO1: 26-VI-2014 (38 exs.), BO2: 18-V-2014 (23 exs.), TG1: 18-V-2014 (28 exs.), TG2: 26-VI-2014 (46 exs.).

Chorotype. Endemic Maghrebian ( Morocco and Algeria).

Distribution. The only previous Algerian record of this species is from Aïssi Wadi, at 900 m of altitude ( Lounaci 1987). Our study significantly increases its distribution area in the basin of the Sebaou and in the Kabylia region. In the study area, this species was principally found in headwaters and springs at altitudes between 500 m and 1450 m. Only three sites where E. maugetii occurs are not impacted. Other ones are threatened by grazing, domestic water pollution and water extraction. In Morocco this species has been collected in the Rif, the High and Middle-Atlas mountains at altitudes between 60 m and 2750 m ( Bennas & Sáinz-Cantero 2007; Benamar 2015).