Oxyethira sp.

Khettar, Sihem, Haouchine-Bouzidi, Nawel, Kherbouche-Abrous, Ourida, Radi, Nora, Elalami, Majida & Beladjal, Lynda, 2022, Taxonomy and Distribution of Trichoptera in El Harrach Wadi (Northcentral Algeria) with the First Record of Hydropsyche incognita in North Africa, Zootaxa 5120 (4), pp. 482-500 : 485-486

Oxyethira sp.

Diagnoses of larvae of most species of Oxyethira have not been published.

Material studied. ALGERIA, Blida, Hammam Melouane, Badour Wadi (S8) (36°28’43”N, 3°04’07”E), 410 m a.s.l.: 22.iv.2011, 1 larva ; 22.iii.2013, 1 larva ( CSK04 ) .

Comment. The genus is currently represented in Algeria by two species: Oxyethira unidentata McLachlan 1884 and Oxyethira falcata Morton 1893 . The specimens were collected in a single moderately flowing site (S8) ( Fig. 2 ). The species of the larvae cannot be identified; therefore, rearing or molecular sequencing should be performed to identify the species.

Algerian literature records for O. unidentata : Tizi Ouzou, Aissi wadi ( Malicky & Lounaci 1987; Lounaci et al. 2000)

International literature records for O. unidentata : ITALY ( Lodovici & Valle 2020). MOROCCO ( Ajakane 1988; Dakki 1987; El Agbani 1984; El Alami & Dakki 1998; Hajji et al. 2013, 2017; Lamri et al. 2016a, 2016b; Mabrouki et al. 2020; Tayoub 1989). SPAIN, PORTUGAL, and the Balearic Islands ( González & Menéndez 2011). TUNISIA ( Tobias & Tobias 2008).

Algerian literature records for O. falcata : Algiers, Setif ( Lestage 1925; Tobias & Tobias 2008).

International literature records for O. falcata : ITALY ( Lodovici & Valle 2020). MOROCCO (Dakki 1987; Hajji et al. 2013, 2017; Lamri et al. 2016a, 2016b; Tobias & Tobias 2008). SPAIN, PORTUGAL, and the Balearic Islands ( González & Menéndez 2011). TUNISIA ( Malicky & Lounaci 1987; Tobias & Tobias 2008).

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FIGURE 2. Distribution of Rhyacophila munda McLachlan 1862, Oxyethira sp., Cheumatopsyche sp., and Diplectrona sp.