Published August 26, 2024 | Version v1
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Enoplognatha diversa

  • 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

Enoplognatha diversa (Blackwall, 1859)

Enoplognatha diversa; Bosmans & Van Keer 1999: 226; Boucherit et al. 2020: 65.

Theridion mystaceum; Bosmans & Van Keer 2012: 158.

Material examined: BERRIANE: Balouh, hand collecting, 1 ♂, 19.II.2021; 1 ♂, 26.II.2021; 2 ♂, 10.IV.2021; 2 ♀, 24.IV.2021; 1 ♂, 30.IV.2021, pitfall traps, 2 ♂, 30.IV.2021. Sidi Mbarek, hand collecting, 2 ♂, 2 ♀, 11.II.2021; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 25.II.2021; 1 ♂, 4.III.2021; 1 ♂, 18.III.2021; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 9.IV.2021; 1 ♂, 3 ♀, 23.IV.2021; 2 ♂, 29.IV.2021, pitfall traps, 1 ♂, 11.II.2021; 1 ♂, 4.III.2021; 2 ♀, 25.III.2021; 1 ♀, 9.IV.2021; 1 ♂, 1.IV.2021. EL GUERRARA: Aghzou, pitfall traps, hand collecting, 2 ♂, 22.II.2020; 1 ♂, 27.III.2020. El Amied, pitfall traps, 1 ♂, 7.II.2020, 1 ♀, 3.III.2020.

Previous records in Algeria: Aïn Defla, Aïn Témouchent, Batna, Béjaïa, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Bou Arréridj, Bouira, Laghouat, M’sila, Oran, Saïda, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen (Bosmans & Van Keer 1999; Bosmans & Van Keer 2012; Boucherit et al. 2020)

Distribution: Cabo Verde, Canary Islands, Madeira, Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco to Greece (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 pages 324-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13618579

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Blackwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Theridiidae
Genus
Enoplognatha
Species
diversa
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Enoplognatha diversa (Blackwall, 1859) sec. Alioua & Bosmans, 2024

References

  • Bosmans, R. & Van Keer, J. (1999) The genus Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880 in the Mediterranean region (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 11 (6), 209 - 241.
  • Boucherit, S., Bouragba, N., Douaoui, A. & Bosmans, R. (2020) Araignees de la plaine alluviale du Haut-Cheliff (Algerie), avec la citation de quelques especes nouvelles ou rares pour l'Algerie (Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Miturgidae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging, 35 (1 - 2), 60 - 70.
  • Bosmans, R. & Van Keer, J. (2012) A review and new records of the comb-footed spiders in North Africa (Araneae: Theridiidae). Serket, 13, 128 - 168.
  • 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