Simulium ( Nevermannia ) vernum, Macquart, 1826

Simulium ( Nevermannia) vernum View in CoL species group

Bailly-Choumara & Beaucournu-Saguez (1978: 143–144): records [ Morocco] Bailly-Choumara & Beaucournu-Saguez (1981: 53–54): records (as “sp. A, “sp. nova B, and “sp. C) [ Morocco] Beaucournu-Saguez & Bailly-Choumara (1981: 119): record [ Morocco]

[ latipes : misidentification, Grenier et al., 1957, not Meigen]

Comment: The above references cannot be assigned to particular species in the S. vernum group.

Simulium ( Nevermannia) brevidens (Rubtsov, 1956)

Morocco: High Atlas: Belqat et al. (2011: 51): inventoried with faunistic and bibliographical details.

Algeria: Djurdjura Mountains: Lounaci et al. (2000a: 54): first record for Algeria. Lounaci et al. (2000b: 126–127, 133): occurrence, abundance. Chaoui Boudghane-Bendiouis et al. (2012: 306): listed. Haouchine & Lounaci (2012: 143–144, 146–147): occurrence, abundance, community structure in relation to environmental variables. Chaoui Boudghane-Bendiouis (2016: 41–45): distribution.

Comment: The North African identifications of S. brevidens separate from the S. cryophilum complex require confirmation.

Simulium ( Nevermannia) carthusiense Grenier & Dorier, 1959

Morocco: Rif: Belqat et al. (2011: 51): inventoried with faunistic and bibliographical details.

Simulium ( Nevermannia) costatum Friederichs, 1920

Morocco: Rif, Pré Rif, Middle Atlas, High Atlas: Belqat et al. (2011: 51): inventoried with faunistic and bibliographical details.

Algeria: Tlemcen Mountains: Gagneur & Clergue-Gazeau (1988: 276–283): first record for Algeria, biogeography, ecology. Chaoui Boudghane-Bendiouis et al. (2012: 306): listed. Chaoui Boudghane-Bendiouis (2016: 41–45): distribution. Western Algeria: Clergue-Gazeau et al. (1991: 54): listed (also for eastern Algeria but with uncertainty). Giudicelli et al. (2000: 65): listed but locality unspecified.

Simulium ( Nevermannia) cryophilum (Rubtsov, 1959) (complex)

[ pusillum View in CoL : misidentification, Séguy, 1930 / Grenier, 1953, not Fries]

Morocco: Rif, High Atlas: Grenier (1953: 159): listed from Ifni Lake (as S. pusillum View in CoL ). Belqat et al. (2011: 51– 52): inventoried with faunistic and bibliographical details.

Algeria: Djurdjura Mountains: Gagneur & Clergue-Gazeau (1988: 277, 284): comparison with fauna in Tlemcen Mountains. Lounaci et al. (2000b: 131, 133): occurrence, abundance, bionomics. Chaoui Boudghane- Bendiouis et al. (2012: 306): listed. Haouchine & Lounaci (2012: 143–144, 149, 153): occurrence, abundance, bionomics. Eastern and Western Algeria: Clergue-Gazeau et al. (1991: 54): listed but locality unspecified.

Tlemcen Mountains: Gagneur & Clergue-Gazeau (1988: 276): ecology, illustration of anterior margin of cocoon (as S. ( Nevermannia) cf. cryophilum ). Chaoui Boudghane-Bendiouis (2016: 41–45): distribution.

Tunisia: Clergue-Gazeau & Boumaiza (1986: 604–605, 607, 609, 611, 613, 616–619, 624–627, 634–635): dichotomous key, illustrations. Clergue-Gazeau et al. (1991: 54): listed but locality unspecified. Jendouba Province: Bailly-Choumara et al. (1971: 379, 381): brief description of breeding site. Medjerda Basin, Northwestern Tunisia: Boumaiza & Clergue-Gazeau (1986: 32–36): distribution map, ecology at breeding sites.

Comment: Our chromosomal data indicate differences between Moroccan and Algerian populations, indicating the presence of at least two cytoforms in North Africa, both of which are distinct from European populations.

Simulium ( Nevermannia) toubkal Bouzidi & Giudicelli, 1986

Morocco: High Atlas: Belqat et al. (2011: 52): inventoried with faunistic and bibliographical details.

Simulium ( Nevermannia) vernum Macquart, 1826 (complex)

[ latipes : misidentification, authors pre-1972, not Meigen]

Morocco: Rif, High Atlas: Belqat et al. (2011: 52): inventoried with faunistic and bibliographical details.

Algeria: Clergue-Gazeau et al. (1991: 54): listed for eastern Algeria, with uncertainty, but locality unspecified.

Tunisia: Clergue-Gazeau & Boumaiza (1986: 605, 607, 609, 611, 613, 624–625, 632–633): reported, dichotomous key, illustrations. Clergue-Gazeau et al. (1991: 54): listed but locality unspecified.