First Annoted Checklist of Aquatic Diptera (Insecta) of Two Ramsar Sites (Ahançal and Aït Bouguemaz Rivers) at the Central High Atlas (Morocco): Families Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, Tipulidae, Empididae, and Tabanidae

Table 1

Sampling stations of Diptera in Assif Ahançal and Assif n’Aït Bouguemaz: location and main characteristics.

Rivers	Site name	Site code	Habitat type	Latitude	Longitude	Altitude (m)	Depth (cm)	Flow (m/s)	Substrate	Vegetation
Assif Ahançal	Ighboula n’Taghia	A1	S	31.7823361	−6.0673500	2043	15	1.15	Boulders, cobbles, and gravel	Ferns, Mosses, Grasses, Asteraceae, and Brassicaceae
	Taghia	A2	MS	31.7838972	−6.0676889	1967	20	1.20	Gravel	Mentha sp., Salix sp., Buxus sp., and Algae
	Ighboula n’Zaouit	A3	S	31.8256250	−6.0977556	1641	35	0.90	Gravel and sand	Buxus sp. and Salix sp.
	Agodim	A4	MS	31.8342306	−6.1058278	1607	48	1.70	Boulders and cobbles	Mentha sp. and Algae
	Ouakhoudan	A5	MS	31.9914722	−6.1227806	1229	40	1.56	Gravel	Quercus ilex, Nerium, Pistacia lentiscus, and Buxus sp.
	Almou n’Ofarsig	A6	MR	31.9976472	−6.1527083	1131	35	1.30	Cobbles and gravel	Equisetum sp., Populus nigra, Mentha sp., Dittrichia sp., and Nerium oleander
	Tanokrit	A7	MR	31.9999417	−6.1667917	1128	49	1.26	Boulders and cobbles	Cupressaceae, Nerium, Populus nigra, and Quercus ilex
	Bouatass	A8	MR	32.0263833	−6.2076222	1086	52	1.20	Gravel and cobbles	Cupressaceae, Nerium, Spirogyra sp., Vaucheria sp., Cladophora sp., and Chara sp.
Assif n’Aït Bouguemaz	Aghbalou n’Taghfist	B1	S	31.7070944	−6.2793917	2408	10	7.16	Gravel	Mosses, Ferns, and Algae
	Ait Ouham	B2	MS	31.7055028	−6.3031361	2140	40	0.88	Cobble and gravel	Grasses and Algae
	Taghbalout n’Iglouan	B3	S	31.7082056	−6.3170361	2075	35	1.25	Gravel, sand	Grasses and Mentha sp
	Aghbalou n’Aït Megdoul	B4	S	31.7021472	−6.3462778	2006	38	0.78	Cobbles and boulders	Populus nigra, Grasses, Equisetaceae, and Mentha sp
	Aghbalou n’Tawaya	B5	S	31.6636722	−6.3543389	1978	50	0.75	Sand and cobbles	Salix sp., Rumex sp., Mosses, Grasses, Juncus sp., Asteraceae, and Mentha sp.
	Tabant	B6	MS	31.6571694	−6.4247750	1849	10	8.14	Gravel	Mentha sp., Juncus sp., Veronica sp., Nasturtium sp., and Algae
	Aghbalou n’Aguerd n’Ouzrou	B7	S	31.6546611	−6.4351833	1836	18	9.20	Gravel and fine sol	Grasses, Juncus sp., Mentha sp., Cyperus sp., Equisetum sp., and Algae
	Agouti	B8	MR	31.6330583	−6.5064778	1766	30	0.91	Cobbles and gravel	Algae (filamentous), Salix sp., Dittrichia sp., Mentha sp., and Grasses

Habitat types: S = spring, MS = mountainous stream, and MR = mountainous river. Depth and flow were measured in summer.