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Nomisia castanea Dalmas 1921

  • 1. Laboratoire de Valorisation et Conservation des Ecosystèmes Arides (LVCEA). Faculty of Natural, Life and Earth Sciences, University of Ghardaïa, BP 455, 47000 Ghardaïa, Algeria
  • 2. Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ledeganckstraat 35, B- 9000 Gent, Belgium

Description

Nomisia castanea Dalmas, 1921

Nomisia castanea; Dalmas 1921: 284; Di Franco 1994: 196; Brague-Bouragba et al. 2007:937; Mansouri et al. 2019:5; Bouragba et al. 2020: 29; Chaib & Kherbouche-Abrous 2021: 132.

Material examined: BERRIANE: Balouh, hand collecting, 3 ♀, 2.II.2021; 2 ♀, 12.II.2021; 4 ♀, 18.II.2021; 2 ♀, 5.III.2021; 1 ♀, 10.IV.2021; 2 ♀, 17.IV.2021; 3 ♀, 30.IV.2021, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 5.III.2021; 1 ♀, 12.III.2021; 1 ♀, 19.III.2021; 2 ♀, 25.III.2021; 1 ♀, 17.IV.2021. Sidi Mbarek, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 5.II.2021; 1 ♀, 6.II.2021; 1 ♀, 8.II.2021; 2 ♀, 11.II.2021; 2 ♀, 18.II.2021; 1 ♀, 25.II.2021; 1 ♀, 4.III.2021; 1 ♀, 11.III.2021; 1 ♀, 25.III.2021; 3 ♀, 23.IV.2021; 1 ♀, 29.IV.2021. DHAYET BENDHAHOUA: Grazil, hand collecting, 7 ♀, 5.XII.2021; 1 ♀, 15.XII.2021; 2 ♀, 26.XII.2021; 8 ♀, 5.I.2022; 3 ♀, 15.I.2022; 1 ♂, 15.II.2022; 1 ♂, 25.II.2022, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 26.XII.2021; Oumdjer, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 5.XII.2021. EL ATTEUF: Palm grove of El Atteuf, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 20.XI.2014; 2 ♀, 25.I.2015; 5 ♀, 5.II.2015; 6 ♀, 16.II.2015; 1 ♀, 25.II.2015; 4 ♀, 6.III.2015, 3 ♀, 25.III.2015; 13 ♀, 05.IV.2015; 3 ♀, 5.II.2023; 2 ♀, 15.II.2023; 8 ♀, 25.II.2023; 1 ♀, 5.III.2023; 4 ♀; 15.III.2023; 3 ♀, 25.III.2023, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 16.II.2015; 2 ♀, 15.III.2015, 4 ♀, 25.III.2015; 3 ♀, 05.IV.2015; 1 ♀, 5.II.2023; 2 ♀, 15.II.2023; 2 ♀, 25.II.2023; 1 ♀; 5.III.2023; 1 ♀, 25.III.2023. EL GUERRARA: El Amied, hand collecting, 2 ♀, 7.II.2020. METLILI: Souareg, hand collecting, 1 ♂, 25.XI.2021; 1 ♂, 5.XII.2021; 4 ♀, 5.III.2022; 4 ♀, 25.III.2022; Guemgouma, hand collecting, 2 ♀, 15.III.2022; 1 ♀, 25.III.2022, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 25.XII.2021; 1 ♀, 15.III.2022; 1 ♀, 25.III.2022.

Previous records in Algeria: Sahari, Batna, Biskra, Blida, Bouira, Constantine, Djelfa, Naama, Saïda, Tissemsilt and Tlemcen (Dalmas 1921; Di Franco 1994; Brague-Bragba et al. 2007; Mansouri et al. 2019; Bouragba et al. 2020; Chaib & Kherbouche-Abrous 2021).

Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia, Libya (World Spider Catalog 2024).

Notes

Published as part of Alioua, Youcef & Bosmans, Robert, 2024, Spiders of arid lands: The Ghardaïa region (Northern Sahara) with seven new records for Algeria, pp. 301-336 in Zootaxa 5497 (3) on page 308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13618579

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Dalmas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Gnaphosidae
Genus
Nomisia
Species
castanea
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Nomisia castanea Dalmas, 1921 sec. Alioua & Bosmans, 2024

References

  • Dalmas, R. de (1921) Monographie des araignees de la section des Pterotricha (Aran. Gnaphosidae). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 89, 233 - 328.
  • Di Franco, F. (1994) Contributo alla conoscenza degli Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) del Maghreb. Animalia, 19, 193 - 211.
  • Brague-Bouragba, N., Brague, A., Dellouli, S. & Lieutier, F. (2007) Comparaison des peuplements de Coleopteres et d'Araignees en zone reboisee et en zone steppique dans une region presaharienne d'Algerie. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 330 (2007), 923 - 939. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. crvi. 2007.09.004
  • Mansouri, H., Ould Rouis, S., Kherbouche-Abrous, O., Ould Rouis, A. & Beladjal, L. (2019) Effects of anthropogenic factors on spider communities (Arthropoda: Araneae) in Chrea National park (Blida, Algeria). African Journal of Ecology, 2019 (00), 1 - 13. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / aje. 12701
  • Bouragba, N., Bouragba, M., Djouklafi, A., Amraoui, S., Brague, A. & Beladjal, L. (2020) Spider (Araneae) and beetle (Coleoptera) communities structure in the North African streamside zone (Zahrez Gharbi, Djelfa, Algeria) after reforestation. African Entomology, 28 (1), 25 - 34.
  • Chaib, S. & Kherbouche-Abrous, O. (2021) Ecologie et phenologie des Gnaphosidae (Araneae, Arachnida) dans la region de Tikjda (Parc National du Djurdjura, Algerie). Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 146 (4), 129 - 138.
  • World Spider Catalog (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, Bern. Available from: https: // wsc. nmbe. ch / (accessed 1 June 2024) https: // doi. org / 10.24436 / 2