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 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.1 1175-5326 DC876897-235D-4EAD-95BB-4C1921EEF227 Zelotes scrutatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 ) Zelotes simplex ; Denis 1937b: 1036 . Zelotes scrutatus ; FitzPatrick 2007: 111 . Material examined: EL ATTEUF: Palm grove of El Atteuf, pitfall traps, 1 ♂ , 6.III.2015 ; 1 ♂ , 25.III.2015 . Previous records in Algeria : Known only from Mila ( Denis 1937b ; Fitzpatrick 2007 ). Distribution: Canary Islands , Africa to Central Asia ( World Spider Catalog 2024 ).