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 Araeoncus humilis (Blackwall, 1841) Araeoncus humilis ; Simon 1884: 636 ; Denis 1937b: 1042 ; Bosmans 1996: 125 ; Bosmans & Chergui 1994: 356 . Araeoncus meridionalis ; Denis 1954: 313 . Material examined: EL ATTEUF: Palm grove of El Atteuf, hand collecting, 1 ♀ , 25.II.2015 . Previous records in Algeria : Alger , Batna , El Bayadh , El Tarf , Laghouat , Mila , M’sila , Touggourt ( Simon 1884 ; Denis 1937b ; Denis 1954 ; Bosmans & Chergui 1994 ; Bosmans 1996 ) Distribution: Europe, North Africa, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran , Japan . Introduced to New Zealand ( World Spider Catalog 2024 ).