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 Steatoda paykulliana (Walckenaer, 1806) Phrurolithus erythrocephala ; C. L. Koch 1841: 214 . Latrodectus ornatus ; Lucas 1846: 233 . Lithyphantes dispar ; Simon 1874b: 66 . Lithyphantes paykulliana ; Simon 1899: 83 ; Thorell 1875: 62 ; Denis 1937b: 1029 ; Strand 1908a: 96 . Steatoda paykulliana ; Bosmans & Van Keer 2012: 153 ; Alioua et al. 2022: 167. Material examined: MANSOURA: Mansoura Kedima: hand collecting, 1 ♀ , 7.II.2015 . METLILI: hand collecting, 1 ♀ , 7.III.2020 . Previous records in Algeria : Alger , Annaba , Batna , Biskra , Blida , Bouira , Chlef , Djelfa , El Meniaâ, El Tarf , Laghouat , Mila , Mostagenem, M’sila , Sétif , Tlemcen (C.L. Koch 1841 ; Lucas 1846 ; Simon 1874b ; Thorell 1875 ; Simon 1899 ; Strand 1908a ; Denis 1937b ; Bosmans & Van Keer 2012 ; Alioua et al. 2022) Distribution: Europe, Mediterranean to Central Asia, India ( World Spider Catalog 2024 )