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 Berlandina cf. plumalis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 ) Pythonissa plumalis ; Simon 1878: 203 . Pythonissa cinereo -plumosa ; Simon 1878: 203 . Material examined: BERRIANE: Balouh, hand collecting, 1 ♂ , 12.III.2021 , pitfall traps, 1 ♀ , 17.IV.2021 ; 1 ♀ , 30.IV.2021 . Sidi Mbarek, hand collecting, 1 ♂ , 8.II.2021 ; 1 ♀ , 2.IV.2021 ; 1 ♀ , 16.IV.2021 , pitfall traps, 1 ♂ , 11.II.2021 ; 2 ♀ , 4.III.2021 ; 1 ♂ , 11.III.2021 ; 3 ♂ , 11.III.2021 ; 1 ♂ , 2.IV.2021 ; 1 ♀ , 23.IV.2021 ; 1 ♂ , 29.IV.2021 . DHAYET BENDHAHOUA: Grazil, hand collecting, 1 ♀ , 5.III.2022 ; Oumdjer, hand collecting, 1 ♀ , 5.II.2022 ; Pifall traps, 1 ♂ , 15.II.2022 . FIGURE 2a–c. Some sampled biotopes across Ghardaïa, (a) Palm grove of Balouh, (b) Palm grove of Mansoura, (c) River of Kef Doukhane. Previous records in Algeria : Boumerdès , Sidi Bel Abbès ( Simon 1878 ) . Distribution: West Africa, Mediterranean to Central Asia, Iran , Afghanistan , Myanmar ( World Spider Catalog 2024 ). Comments: Compared to the description of Chatzaki et al. (2002) , we have noticed a small difference in the shape and the direction of the end of the pedipalp tibial apophysis as well in the width of the septum of the Epigyne.