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 Cryptodrassus helvolus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 ) Melanophora helvola ; O. Pickard-Cambridge 1872: 243 . Zelotes helvolus ; Levy 1988: 148; Ponomarev et al . 2017: 111 ; Ponomarev et al. 2018: 246 . Zelotes helvoloides ; Levy 1998: 150 (misidentification of ♀ ). Cryptodrassus helvolus ; Chatzaki & Russell-Smith 2017: 238 (transfer). Material examined: BERRIANE: Sidi Mbarek, hand collecting, 1 ♀ , 25.II.2021 ; 1 ♂ , 16.IV.2021 . Previous records in Algeria : This is a new genus and species record for Algeria and Africa. Distribution: Russia (Europe), Turkey , Cyprus , Israel , Iran , Kazakhstan ( World Spider Catalog 2024 ). Comments: This result has already been reported in a paper in press.