Published September 18, 2024 | Version v1

Improphantes decolor

  • 1. Dynamic and Biodiversity Laboratory, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, BP 32 El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, 16024, Algiers, Algeria
  • 2. Laboratory of biological and oceanography and the marine environment, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, BP 32 El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, 16024, Algiers, Algeria
  • 3. Environment research center, environment and biodiversity division, Annaba, Algeria
  • 4. Ghent University, Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B- 9000, Ghent, Belgium

Description

Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Amina Saadi; individualCount: 2; sex: 1 male, 1 female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: EBBAC5FB-5049-5307-9DD7-8356669D968F; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010894; scientificName: Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Araneae; family: Linyphiidae; genus: Improphantes; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: North Africa; continent: Africa; country: Algeria; countryCode: DZ; municipality: Theniet El Had; verbatimElevation: 1456 m; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 35 ° 51 ’ 18 ’’ N, 01 ° 59 ’ 20 ’’ E; Identification: identifiedBy: Ourida Kherbouche-Abrous; Event: samplingProtocol: pitfall traps; year: 2019; month: 1; day: 1-15

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Badis Bakhouche; individualCount: 2; sex: 2 males; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: C8BD1983-B76B-5122-A3C5-008D4EDA4193; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010894; scientificName: Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Araneae; family: Linyphiidae; genus: Improphantes; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: North Africa; continent: Africa; country: Algeria; countryCode: DZ; municipality: Theniet El Had; verbatimElevation: 1456 m; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 35 ° 51 ’ 18 ’’ N, 01 ° 59 ’ 20 ’’ E; Identification: identifiedBy: Ourida Kherbouche-Abrous; Event: samplingProtocol: hand collecting; year: 2019; month: 4; day: 1-15

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Badis Bakhouche; individualCount: 3; sex: 3 females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 8342A36F-7C79-5E16-83CE-E159FF4758B7; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010894; scientificName: Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Araneae; family: Linyphiidae; genus: Improphantes; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: North Africa; continent: Africa; country: Algeria; countryCode: DZ; municipality: Theniet El Had; verbatimElevation: 1448 m; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 35 ° 51 ’ 30 ’’ N, 01 ° 59 ’ 11 ’’ E; Identification: identifiedBy: Ourida Kherbouche-Abrous; Event: samplingProtocol: hand collecting; year: 2019; month: 4; day: 1-15

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Amina Saadi; individualCount: 1; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 984C114F-23FD-5690-AE6A-013741B65516; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010894; scientificName: Improphantes decolor (Westring 1861); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Araneae; family: Linyphiidae; genus: Improphantes; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: North Africa; continent: Africa; country: Algeria; countryCode: DZ; municipality: Theniet El Had; verbatimElevation: 1448 m; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 35 ° 51 ’ 30 ’’ N, 01 ° 59 ’ 11 ’’ E; Identification: identifiedBy: Ourida Kherbouche-Abrous; Event: samplingProtocol: pitfall traps; year: 2019; month: 4; day: 1-15

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Amina Saadi; individualCount: 1; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 9C1C7574-92A4-51A3-9270-6F05EAD2EA43; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010894; scientificName: Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Araneae; family: Linyphiidae; genus: Improphantes; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: North Africa; continent: Africa; country: Algeria; countryCode: DZ; municipality: Theniet El Had; verbatimElevation: 1448 m; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 35 ° 51 ’ 30 ’’ N, 01 ° 59 ’ 11 ’’ E; Identification: identifiedBy: Ourida Kherbouche-Abrous; Event: samplingProtocol: pitfall traps; year: 2019; month: 5; day: 1-15

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Amina Saadi; individualCount: 2; sex: 2 females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 1D9FBB4C-1FC6-5474-B1BA-F1D48E815FAD; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010894; scientificName: Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Araneae; family: Linyphiidae; genus: Improphantes; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: North Africa; continent: Africa; country: Algeria; countryCode: DZ; municipality: Theniet El Had; verbatimElevation: 1456 m; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 35 ° 51 ’ 18 ’’ N, 01 ° 59 ’ 20 ’’ E; Identification: identifiedBy: Ourida Kherbouche-Abrous; Event: samplingProtocol: pitfall traps; year: 2019; month: 5; day: 1-15

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Amina Saadi; individualCount: 1; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: E4421A00-36C8-5004-9E6C-780F4CC11420; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010894; scientificName: Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Araneae; family: Linyphiidae; genus: Improphantes; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: North Africa; continent: Africa; country: Algeria; countryCode: DZ; municipality: Theniet El Had; verbatimElevation: 1456 m; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 35 ° 51 ’ 18 ’’ N, 01 ° 59 ’ 20 ’’ E; Identification: identifiedBy: Ourida Kherbouche-Abrous; Event: samplingProtocol: pitfall traps; year: 2019; month: 10; day: 1-15

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Amina Saadi; individualCount: 4; sex: 4 females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 5F605DBD-196D-5FAA-8E9C-B9C048CAD1A5; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010894; scientificName: Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Araneae; family: Linyphiidae; genus: Improphantes; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: North Africa; continent: Africa; country: Algeria; countryCode: DZ; municipality: Theniet El Had; verbatimElevation: 1470 m; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 35 ° 52 ’ 00 ’’ N, 01 ° 58 ’ 07 ’’ E; Identification: identifiedBy: Ourida Kherbouche-Abrous; Event: samplingProtocol: pitfall traps; year: 2019; month: 10; day: 1-15

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Amina Saadi; individualCount: 3; sex: 3 females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 130C4E3E-BB8B-53BD-9DA0-B19BCBDCD247; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010894; scientificName: Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Araneae; family: Linyphiidae; genus: Improphantes; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: North Africa; continent: Africa; country: Algeria; countryCode: DZ; municipality: Theniet El Had; verbatimElevation: 1470 m; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 35 ° 52 ’ 00 ’’ N, 01 ° 58 ’ 07 ’’ E; Identification: identifiedBy: Ourida Kherbouche-Abrous; Event: samplingProtocol: pitfall traps; year: 2019; month: 11; day: 1-15

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Amina Saadi; individualCount: 1; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 8A316D79-DA8E-549A-BB31-36074A17472B; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010894; scientificName: Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Araneae; family: Linyphiidae; genus: Improphantes; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: North Africa; continent: Africa; country: Algeria; countryCode: DZ; municipality: Theniet El Had; verbatimElevation: 1456 m; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 35 ° 51 ’ 18 ’’ N, 01 ° 59 ’ 20 ’’ E; Identification: identifiedBy: Ourida Kherbouche-Abrous; Event: samplingProtocol: pitfall traps; year: 2019; month: 11; day: 1-15

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Amina Saadi; individualCount: 1; sex: 1 female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: EC70908B-5DFC-58B7-B0CE-E10C9CA062C4; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010894; scientificName: Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Araneae; family: Linyphiidae; genus: Improphantes; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: North Africa; continent: Africa; country: Algeria; countryCode: DZ; municipality: Theniet El Had; verbatimElevation: 1474 m; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 35 ° 51 ’ 58 ’’ N, 01 ° 58 ’ 06 ’’ E; Identification: identifiedBy: Ourida Kherbouche-Abrous; Event: samplingProtocol: pitfall traps; year: 2019; month: 11; day: 1-15

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Amina Saadi; individualCount: 1; sex: 1 male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 6A36716B-6A82-5C98-8B9D-48CB6EC04656; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010894; scientificName: Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Araneae; family: Linyphiidae; genus: Improphantes; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: North Africa; continent: Africa; country: Algeria; countryCode: DZ; municipality: Theniet El Had; verbatimElevation: 1474 m; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 35 ° 51 ’ 58 ’’ N, 01 ° 58 ’ 06 ’’ E; Identification: identifiedBy: Ourida Kherbouche-Abrous; Event: samplingProtocol: pitfall traps; year: 2019; month: 12; day: 16-31

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Amina Saadi; individualCount: 3; sex: 3 females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 376C7A01-2129-58BD-8CBC-D670774B0F81; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010894; scientificName: Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Araneae; family: Linyphiidae; genus: Improphantes; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: North Africa; continent: Africa; country: Algeria; countryCode: DZ; municipality: Theniet El Had; verbatimElevation: 1470 m; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 35 ° 52 ’ 00 ’’ N, 01 ° 58 ’ 07 ’’ E; Identification: identifiedBy: Ourida Kherbouche-Abrous; Event: samplingProtocol: pitfall traps; year: 2019; month: 12; day: 16-31

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Badis Bakhouche; individualCount: 2; sex: 1 male, 1 females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 8A2E7989-C9C5-5794-A1B4-8E6B61B394A9; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010894; scientificName: Improphantes decolor (Westring, 1861); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Arachnida; order: Araneae; family: Linyphiidae; genus: Improphantes; taxonRank: species; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: higherGeography: North Africa; continent: Africa; country: Algeria; countryCode: DZ; municipality: Theniet El Had; verbatimElevation: 1470 m; verbatimCoordinateSystem: 35 ° 52 ’ 00 ’’ N, 01 ° 58 ’ 07 ’’ E; Identification: identifiedBy: Ourida Kherbouche-Abrous; Event: samplingProtocol: hand collecting; year: 2019; month: 12; day: 16-31

Distribution

Algerian distribution: The north part of the country (Bosmans 2006 a, Bouseksou et al. 2015, Touchi et al. 2018).

Global distribution: Europe, North Africa (World Spider Catalog 2024).

Notes

Published as part of Saadi, Amina, Bakhouche, Badis, Djemadi, Imad, Beladjal, Lynda & Kherbouche-Abrous, Ourida, 2024, Taxonomy of Linyphiidae (Arthropoda, Araneae) in Théniet El Had National Park with new records for Algeria, pp. e 125331 in Biodiversity Data Journal 12 on page e125331, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e125331

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References

  • Bosmans Robert 2006 Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part X. New data on Lepthyphantes Menge (sensu lato) species (Araneae, Linyphiidae) Belgian Journal of Zoology 136 173 191
  • Bouseksou S, Kherbouche-Abrous O, Beladjal L 2015 Ecology of Araneae (Arthropoda, Arachnida) populations in two agroecosystems: wheat and oilseed rape in the Mitidja plain (Algeria) Vie et Milieu-Life and environment 65 4 257 264
  • Touchi Wahida, Kherbouche-Abrous Ourida, Saadi Amina, Beladjal Lynda 2018 Spider communities (Arthropoda, Araneae) in different pine forests of Zéralda Game Reserve (Algiers, Algeria): taxonomy and biodiversity Revue d'Écologie (Terre et Vie) 73 3 269 282 https://www.persee.fr/doc/revec_0249-7395_2018_num_73_3_1934 10.3406/revec.2018.1934
  • Catalog World Spider World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern http://wsc.nmbe.ch2024-03-15T00:35:16+00:00