Limnebius (Limnebius) pilicauda Guillebeau, 1896

Benamar, Loubna, Bennas, Nard, Hassoun, Mustapha & Millán, Andrés, 2022, Checklist of Moroccan aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844) New records and updates, Zootaxa 5129 (4), pp. 451-504 : 461

Limnebius (Limnebius) pilicauda Guillebeau, 1896

Material examined. Rif and Pré-Rif (first record): Taza. 28 exs., S348, 04.IV.1998. 5 exs., S359, 15.VII.1997. Oriental Plateau (first record): Berkane. 1 m, 1 f, S219, 18.III.2008 . Jerada. 10 m, 5 f, S214, 19.III.2008 . Middle Atlas: Azilal (first record) . 1 ex., S335, 03.IV.1997. Fès (first record) . 2exs., S386, 08.IV.1998. Séfrou (first record) . 23 exs., S330, 09.IV.1998. Meknès (first record) . 6 exs., S334, 08.IV.2007. Anti Atlas (first record): Taroudant . 4 exs., S329, 30.XII.2002. 28 exs., S367, 20.VII.1997. 25 exs., S368, 28.IV.2000.

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

Distribution in North Africa. Algeria ( Jäch & Skale 2015; Lamine et al. 2019), Morocco and Tunisia ( Jäch & Skale 2015).

Moroccan distribution. Central Plateau: Casablanca ( Kocher 1938). Middle Atlas: Khénifra ( Chakour et al. 2017) . High Atlas: Errachidia and Marrakech (Orchymont 1935) . Saharan domain: Assa-Zag ( Kocher 1958) and Tan-Tan ( Kocher 1969).