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Setaphis simplex

  • 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

Setaphis simplex (Simon, 1885)

Echemus simplex; Simon 1885: 36.

Zelotes stylus; Di Franco 1994: 214.

Setaphis simplex; Platnick & Murphy 1996: 13; Bosmans & Janssen 1999: 88; Alioua et al. 2022: 167.

Material examined: EL ATTEUF: Palm grove of El Atteuf, hand collecting, 2 ♂, 20.XI.2014; 1 ♂, 25.I.2015; 1 ♂, 5.II.2015; 2 ♂, 16.II.2015; 2 ♂, 25.II.2015; 1 ♂, 15.III.2015; 2 ♂, 25.III.2015; 2 ♂, 5.IV.2015; 1 ♂, 5.I.2023; 1 ♂, 5.II.2023; 1 ♀, 5.II.2023; 2 ♀, 15.III.2023; 1 ♂, 15.IV.2023, pitfall traps, 2 ♂, 6.III.2015; 2 ♂, 15.III.2015; 2 ♂, 25.III.2015; 1 ♂, 5.IV.2015; 1 ♀, 25.III.2023. MANSOURA: Mansoura Kedima, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 13.XII.2014; 1 ♀, 12.I.2015; 1 ♀, 17.I.2015; 1 ♀, 31.I.2015.

Previous records in Algeria: Batna, Bordj Bou Arréridj, Chlef, Djelfa, El Meniaâ, Médea, M’sila, Tébessa, Tissemsilt, Tlemcen (Simon 1885; Di Franco 1994; Platnick & Murphy 1996; Bosmans & Janssen 1999, Alioua et al. 2022).

Distribution: Morocco, 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 310, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13618579

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Simon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Gnaphosidae
Genus
Setaphis
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Setaphis (Simon, 1885 sec. Alioua & Bosmans, 2024

References

  • Simon, E. (1885) Etudes sur les Arachnides recueillis en Tunisie en 1883 et 1884 par MM. A. Letourneux, M. Sedillot et Valery Mayet, membres de la mission de l'Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. In: Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie, publiee sous les auspices du Ministere de l'instruction publique. Zoologie - Arachnides. Imprimerie nationale, Paris, pp. 1 - 55 pp.
  • Di Franco, F. (1994) Contributo alla conoscenza degli Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) del Maghreb. Animalia, 19, 193 - 211.
  • Platnick, N. I. & Murphy, J. A. (1996) A review of the zelotine ground spider genus Setaphis (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates, 3162, 1 - 23.
  • Bosmans, R. & Janssen, M. (1999) The ground spider genus Setaphis in the Maghreb countries (Araneae Gnaphosidae). Bulletin & Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 155, 82 - 90.
  • 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