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 Thyene imperialis (Rossi, 1846) Salticus morelleti ; Lucas 1846: 147 . Thyene imperialis ; Logunov 2015: 81 ; Boucherit et al. 2020: 64 ; Boutmedjet et al. 2022: 103 . Material examined: EL ATTEUF: Palm grove of El Atteuf, pitfall traps; 1 ♂ , 25.III.2015 ; 1 ♂ , 5.IV.2015 ; 1 ♂ , 18.IV.2015 . EL GUERRARA: El Amied, hand collecting, 2 ♀ , 1.IV.2020 . Previous records in Algeria : Aïn Defla , Biskra , El Tarf and Ghardaïa ( Lucas 1846 ; Logunov 2015 ; Boucherit et al. 2020 , Boutmedjet et al. 2022 ) Distribution: Southern Europe, North and East Africa, Middle East to Central Asia and China , Pakistan , India , Indonesia ( World Spider Catalog 2024 ).