Leuctra vaillanti Aubert 1956

Material. High-Atlas: Ourika Valley, Ait El Kake, below Oukaimeden, 2150 m, 3.06.200 6, 1♀ (VIN) . N. slope of Tizi n’Test Pass, Iguer, brook, 16.11.201 3, 21♂, 19♀ (VIN); N. slope of Tizi n’Test Pass, 22 Km above Ijoukak, Idni Forest House, Oued Nfiss tributary, 1430 m, 24.02.199 6, 1♂, 2♀ (VIN) ; N. slope of Tizi n’Test Pass, 31 Km between Asni and Ijoukak, brook, 16.11.201 3, 5♂, 2♀ (VIN) . S. slope below Tizi n’Test Pass, near Imdersen Restaurant, brook, 1700 m, 22.01.200 6, 1♂, 1♀ (VIN); 16.11.201 3, 6♂, 5♀ (VIN).

Distribution. A maghrebin endemic species which is known from Tunisia (Vinçon & Pardo 1998) to Morocco (Aubert 1956).

Ecology. A cold stenothermic, orophilic species which mainly occurs in high altitude biotopes (1400- 2150 m). The flight period covers the cold season from autumn to spring (XI-VI).