Riolus villosocostatus (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 : 111

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.1.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:19D6B3B3-90EE-4018-9236-436D11A98230
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5619532
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A22987E7-FFED-FF90-FF0C-6730FDA9072C
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Riolus villosocostatus (Reiche, 1879)
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Riolus villosocostatus (Reiche, 1879) View in CoL

Chorotype. Endemic Maghrebian ( Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia).

Distribution. In Algeria, R. villosocostatus was recorded as Normandia villosocostata from Frenda (Wilaya of Tiaret), Mouzaïa massif (Wilaya of Blida) located in the north-center of the country ( Berthélemy 1964; Arab 2004) and in Tlemcen and Oran wilayas in the north-west of the country ( Berthélemy 1964, 1979). In Kabylia, it has been captured on the Djurdjura massif (wilaya of Tizi-Ouzou) ( Aït Mouloud 1988; Lounaci 1987, 2005). This Species was not captured during this study.