Leuctra vaillanti Aubert 1956

Vinçon, Gilles, Alami, Majida El & Errochdi, Sanae, 2014, Contribution To The Knowledge Of The Moroccan High And Middle Atlas Stoneflies (Plecoptera, Insecta), Illiesia 10 (3), pp. 17-31 : 29

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).