Polycentropodidae

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 : 224

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4786.2.4

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Polycentropodidae
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Family Polycentropodidae View in CoL

Plectrocnemia conspersa ( Curtis 1834) View in CoL , first record for Algeria.

Berbaga: 28.xi.2018, 1 larva; 25.v. 2019, 1 larva . Yabous: 29.ii.2020, 2 larvae.

This is a widespread species found throughout the Palearctic, extending from the UK, Scandinavia, western, central and eastern Europe to the Mediterranean, Anatolia, and Russia. So far, only one other species of the genus has been reported from North Africa, Plectrocnemia laetabilis McLachlan 1880 , which was recorded from Morocco ( Hajji et al. 2013).

Curtis, J. (1834) XXXVII. Descriptions of some hitherto nondescript British Species of May-flies of Anglers. The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 4, 212 - 218. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 14786443408648304

Hajji, K., El Alami, M., Bonada, N. & Zamora-Munoz, C. (2013) Contribution a la connaissance des Trichopteres (Trichoptera) du Rif (Nord du Maroc). Boletin de la Asociacion Espanolade de Entomologia, 37 (3 - 4), 181 - 216. [http: // hdl. handle. net / 2445 / 59627]

McLachlan, R. (1880) A Monographic Revision and Synopsis of the Trichoptera of the European Fauna. Vol. 9. Supplement 2. John van Voorst and Friedlander & Sohn, London and Berlin, pp. 13 - 84.