Faunistic notes on Cryptophagidae and Latridiidae of Talassemtane National Park, Western Rif, Morocco, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea)

Otero, José Carlos; Benyahia, Yousra; Brustel, Hervé

doi:10.3897/zookeys.668.11347

2017

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.668.11347

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Faunistic notes on Cryptophagidae and Latridiidae of Talassemtane National Park, Western Rif, Morocco, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea)

José Carlos Otero¹,

Yousra Benyahia²,

Hervé Brustel³

Abstract: In order to contribute to the knowledge of beetles (Coleoptera) of the mountainous region of Morocco, Talassemtane National Park (Western Rif, Chefchaouen district, Morocco) was surveyed. This is an exceptional protected area of the Mediterranean Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve (RIBM). The checklist was made using different traps combined with active periodical searches during 2013–2015. A total of 153 beetles belonging to 19 species from four subfamilies (Cryptophagidae: Cryptophaginae and Atomariinae; Lat… Show more

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Termite (Blattodea: Isoptera) Distribution Along an Elevational Gradient in Northwestern African Mountains

Najjari,

Hernández-Teixidor,

El Ajjouri

et al. 2024

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We examined the distribution of termites along an elevational gradient in the western Rif Mountains of northern Morocco. Sampling followed standardized protocols at nine forest sites (125, 325, 488, 715, 850, 1150, 1316, 1544, and 1700 masl), all except the lowest site within the Intercontinental Mediterranean Biosphere Reserve. We found a total of three termite species, with Reticulitermes grassei (Rhinotermitidae) being the most abundant, followed by Kalotermes flavicollis (Kalotermitinae) and Amitermes sp. (Terminidae). Comparing microhabitat preferences, we found R. grassei and Amitermes sp. exclusively in buried wood and under rocks, and K. flavicollis exclusively in dead tree trunks and surface wood. The findings reveal the distribution of microhabitats along an elevation gradient and the corresponding preferences of termite species across these microhabitats. We found that total termite density decreased significantly with elevation (rs = −0.40; p < 0.001), but with distinct differences among species. Kalotermes flavicollis and Amitermes sp. showed a strong negative correlation between density and elevation. In contrast, for R. grassei, the most common termite, we found no significant correlation. Termite density also varied among forest types, with a non-significant trend (p = 0.075) of higher density in the cork oak forest (hits/m2 = 0.06) compared to holm oak (0.04) and fir–cedar (0.02) forests. This research contributes to the limited knowledge of termite diversity and ecology in northern Africa and western Mediterranean forests.

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Termite (Blattodea: Isoptera) Distribution Along an Elevational Gradient in Northwestern African Mountains

Najjari,

Hernández-Teixidor,

El Ajjouri

et al. 2024

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Contribution to the Inventory of Bryophytes Flora of Talassemtane National Park, North of Morocco

Zaza¹,

Laouzazni²,

Dahmani³

et al. 2021

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In order to contribute to the elaboration of an inventory of the bryophytic flora of Morocco, we were interested in the present study in the bryoflora of the National Park of Talassemtane (PNTS). It is an original site by its rich biodiversity, located in the Western Rif near the town of Chefchaouen. The inventory was carried out with the help of 72 surveys in 8 different stations following a sampling of bryophytes carried out during five years, from 2014 to 2019, when periods are favourable for harvesting. A total of 132 taxa were recorded, including 123 Mosses, 8 Liverworts and a unique Anthocerote, grouping 27 families and 60 genera. Thus, the moss class is the most represented in all the stations surveyed, either 93%, including 18 families and 51 genera. The bryophytic species are either harvested on a single type of substrate, or they are both saxicolous and/or terricolous and/or epiphytic; as there are those that are aquatic or supra-aquatic.Saxicolous bryophytes seem to be the most represented (54 taxa), followed by epiphytes and terricoles, then supra-aquatic, aquatic, epixyles and muricoles. Timmiella barbiloides and Lunularia cruciata are widely distributed in the study area with varying abundance classes. Antitrichia californica is dominant (IES=300) but is more widely distributed in the park fir forest. Thus we noted 39.4% of the taxa listed as very scarce in the study site. Among the inventoried bryophytes, 30 species are newly observed in the study region; among them, three were identified for the first time in Morocco, Didymodon sinuosus, Didymodon umbrosus and Scleropodium obtusifolium, where the first two belong to the family Pottiaceae and the last one to the family Brachyteciaceae. Scleropodium obtusifolium is new to North African countries. Thus, this study has enriched the bryological flora of Morocco and even that of North Africa.

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Faunistic notes on Cryptophagidae and Latridiidae of Talassemtane National Park, Western Rif, Morocco, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea)

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Termite (Blattodea: Isoptera) Distribution Along an Elevational Gradient in Northwestern African Mountains

Termite (Blattodea: Isoptera) Distribution Along an Elevational Gradient in Northwestern African Mountains

Contribution to the Inventory of Bryophytes Flora of Talassemtane National Park, North of Morocco

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