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
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3
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.1
journal article
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Evarcha nepos
(O.
Pickard-Cambridge, 1872
)
(
Figs. 10a–e
)
Salticus nepos
; O.
Pickard-Cambridge 1872: 333
.
Hasarius nepos
;
Simon 1876: 90
;
Roewer 1955: 1524
.
Evarcha nepos
;
Prószyński 1984: 101
.
Material examined:
DHAYET BENDHAHOUA: Grazil, hand collecting,
1 ♂
,
5.XII.2022
.
EL ATTEUF:
Palm
grove of
El Atteuf
, hand collecting
,
1 ♂
,
6.III.2015
;
1 ♂
,
15.III.2015
, pitfall traps;
1 ♂
,
15.III.2015
;
1 ♂
,
25.III.2015
.
Previous
records in Algeria:
Evarcha nepos
has not previously been sampled in
Algeria.
Distribution
:
Turkey
,
Cyprus
,
Israel
(
World Spider Catalog 2024
).
Comments
:
This
is the first record of the species in
Algeria
and
Africa
.