Preliminary list of Coleoptera heritage species of the Talassemtane National Park, Morocco

Abstract

A faunistic survey on beetles was conducted within the Talassemtane National Park (Western Rif, District of Chefchaouen), in order to improve knowledge of their local diversity, to assess species and provide the first list of heritage species. This is an inventory that took place for 3 consecutive years (2013-2015). Out of 550 species identified so far, 137 are processed in this document, which lists heritage species: 67 endemic to Morocco, 20 rare saproxylic and 48 species new to Morocco, including two new to science.

Catalogue, distribution, taxonomic notes, and conservation of the Western Palearctic endemic hunchback beetles (Tenebrionidae, Misolampus)

“… europaea var. sylvestris ), pines ( P. nigra , P. pinaster , P. halepensis ), firs ( Abies maroccana ), and cedars ( Cedrus atlantica ), as already reported partially by Vauloger de Beaupré ( 1900 ), Cobos (1955 , 1961 ), and Benyahia et al (2015 , 2016 ). They can also be found under bark of standing dead trees ( A.…”

“…Distributed throughout Morocco, northern Algeria and the Balearic Islands in Spain ( Antoine 1926 , 1949 ; Español 1949 ; Löbl et al 2008 ). Precise records are well distributed in northern Morocco and Mallorca, scanty in all other areas ( Solier 1848 ; Lucas 1849 ; Cardona Orfila 1875 ; Pérez Arcas 1873 ; Moragues 1889 ; Champion 1891 ; Vauloger de Beaupré 1900 ; Martínez de la Escalera 1914 ; Reitter 1917 ; Peyerimhoff 1919 ; Antoine 1926 ; Lindberg 1933 ; De la Fuente 1934–1935 ; Palau 1945 ; Antoine 1949 ; Español 1949 , 1953 , 1954a ; Cobos 1955 ; Pardo Alcaide 1955 ; Kocher 1958 ; Cobos 1961 ; Español 1967 ; Mouna and Arahou 1986 ; Juan and Petitpierre 1989 ; Whitehead 1993 ; París García et al 2011 ; Benyahia et al 2015 , 2016 ; Núñez et al 2016 ; Chavanon 2020 ) (Fig. 4 ).…”

A comparative study of the saproxylic diversity of a natural and a reforested forest in Morocco: Implications for conservation and ecosystem management

“…Two different families emerge at Chiadma, which are the Nitidulidae and the Alexiidae. The latter is home to a saproxylic and endemic species which is Sphaerosoma tingitanum (Peyerimhoff, 1917), which is often found when sifting the litter [26]. So according to this inventory, it appears that the two sites studied, although different in composition and type, one is natural which is Haouzia and the other reforested in Chiadma, are not very different either in terms of abundance or of species wealth.…”