Research Article

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 3

Comparison between the Diptera communities in the two studied rivers.

Rivers =>Aït BouguemazAhançalTotalCommon species
FamiliesSpInd%SpInd%SpInd%Sp%

Ceratopogonidae000.00330.67330.5400.000
Chironomidae2110294.442141793.713451993.8580.190
Empididae110.933265.843274.8810.250
Tabanidae000.00120.45120.3600.000
Tipulidae254.63000.00250.9000.000
Total Nb indiv24108284454355390.173

Species: Sp = number of species, Ind = number of individuals, and % = family number of individuals/total individuals of Diptera.