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 Setaphis simplex ( Simon, 1885 ) Echemus simplex ; Simon 1885: 36 . Zelotes stylus ; Di Franco 1994: 214 . Setaphis simplex ; Platnick & Murphy 1996: 13 ; Bosmans & Janssen 1999: 88 ; Alioua et al. 2022: 167. Material examined: EL ATTEUF: Palm grove of El Atteuf, hand collecting, 2 ♂ , 20.XI.2014 ; 1 ♂ , 25.I.2015 ; 1 ♂ , 5.II.2015 ; 2 ♂ , 16.II.2015 ; 2 ♂ , 25.II.2015 ; 1 ♂ , 15.III.2015 ; 2 ♂ , 25.III.2015 ; 2 ♂ , 5.IV.2015 ; 1 ♂ , 5.I.2023 ; 1 ♂ , 5.II.2023 ; 1 ♀ , 5.II.2023 ; 2 ♀ , 15.III.2023 ; 1 ♂ , 15.IV.2023 , pitfall traps, 2 ♂ , 6.III.2015 ; 2 ♂ , 15.III.2015 ; 2 ♂ , 25.III.2015 ; 1 ♂ , 5.IV.2015 ; 1 ♀ , 25.III.2023 . MANSOURA: Mansoura Kedima, pitfall traps, 1 ♀ , 13.XII.2014 ; 1 ♀ , 12.I.2015 ; 1 ♀ , 17.I.2015 ; 1 ♀ , 31.I.2015 . Previous records in Algeria : Batna , Bordj Bou Arréridj , Chlef , Djelfa , El Meniaâ, Médea , M’sila , Tébessa , Tissemsilt , Tlemcen ( Simon 1885 ; Di Franco 1994 ; Platnick & Murphy 1996 ; Bosmans & Janssen 1999 , Alioua et al. 2022). Distribution: Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia , Libya ( World Spider Catalog 2024 ).