Spiders of arid lands: The Ghardaïa region (Northern Sahara) with seven new records for Algeria Author Alioua, Youcef Laboratoire de Valorisation et Conservation des Ecosystèmes Arides (LVCEA). Faculty of Natural, Life and Earth Sciences, University of Ghardaïa, BP 455, 47000 Ghardaïa, Algeria Author Bosmans, Robert Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ledeganckstraat 35, B- 9000 Gent, Belgium text Zootaxa 2024 2024-08-26 5497 3 301 336 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.1 journal article 302049 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.1 17a5aed6-cb2f-449b-87e5-484becc9bfb5 1175-5326 13618579 DC876897-235D-4EAD-95BB-4C1921EEF227 Trochosa urbana O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 Lycosa urbana ; Simon 1899: 85 ; Alioua et al 2022: 167. Material examined: EL ATTEUF: Palm grove of El Atteuf, hand collecting, 3 ♂ , 20.XI.2015 ; 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ , 29.XI.2015 ; 1 ♀ , 5.XII.2015 ; 1 ♀ , 15.XII.2015 ; 1 ♀ , 15.I.2015 ; 1 ♀ , 15.II.2015 ; 2 ♂ , 1 ♀ , 25.II.2015 ; 2 ♀ , 25.III.2015 , pitfall traps, 2 ♂ , 15.II.2015 ; 3 ♂ , 25.II.2015 ; 6 ♂ , 6.III.2015 ; 5 ♂ , 15.III.2015 ; 5 ♂ , 4 ♀ , 25.III.2015 ; 7 ♂ , 5 ♀ , 5. VI .2015 . EL GUERRARA: El Amied, hand collecting, 1 ♂ , 12.III.2020 ; 1 ♀ , 31.I.2020 ; 1 ♀ , 17.III.2020 ; 2 ♂ , 1.IV.2020 ; pifall traps, 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ , 3.III.2020 ; 1 ♂ , 12.III.2020 . MANSOURA: Mansoura Kedima, pitfall traps, 4 ♂ , 6.XII.2014 ; 2 ♀ , 13.XII.2014 ; 1 ♂ , 31.I.2015 ; 1 ♂ , 8.II.2021 . Previous records in Algeria : Djelfa , El Meniaâ ; Laghouat ( Simon 1899 ; Alioua et al. 2022) Distribution: North Africa, Ethiopia to Seychelles , Madagascar (Nosy Be), Israel , Iran ( World Spider Catalog 2024 ).