Goeridae, G Ulmer, 1903

Dambri, Besma M., Karaouzas, Ioannis, Samraoui, Boudjéma & Samraoui, Farrah, 2020, Contribution to the knowledge of the caddisfly fauna of Algeria: An updated checklist of Algerian Trichoptera with new records from the Aures region, Zootaxa 4786 (2), pp. 221-232 : 226

Family Goeridae

Silonella aurata ( Hagen 1864) , second record for the Aures region.

Rhaouat: 26.vii.2018, 2 larvae; 16.x.2018, 4 larvae; 05.v.2019, 2 larvae.

This species was first described as Selis brevipalpis by Vaillant (1954) from “Ruisseau des Singes” in Oued Talha and in a small spring called Ain Fadha, on Mount Faraoun (Aures) at 1400 m a.s.l. It was also recorded at 1140 m a.s.l. from the headwaters of the Oued Sebaou ( Raab & Yacine 2018). This species has a wide distribution in the Western Palearctic and is particularly frequent in Corsica, Sardinia, and Spain; it is also known from the Maghreb ( Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) ( Tobias & Tobias 2008).