Published April 20, 2026 | Version v1
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Euophrys gambosa Anza

  • 1. Biological Oceanography Team, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
  • 2. d'Aubencheul, F- 59268 Fressies, France.
  • 3. Venom Systems & Proteomics Lab, School of Natural Sciences, Ryan Institute, University of Galway, H 91 TK 33 Galway, Ireland.

Description

Euophrys gambosa (Simon, 1868)

Table 2

Euophrys gambosa – Simon 1876: 181 (♂ ♀). — Lecigne et al. 2025: 142, fig. 88b–h (♂).

Material examined

MOROCCO – Agadir Ida Outanane Prefecture • 3 ♂♂, 1 juv; Anza; 30.47800° N, 9.66281° W; 41 m a.s.l.; 22 Mar. 2025; S. Lecigne leg.; by hand, sparse Argan grove on arid rocky soil, under stone; CSL, MOR _1694.

Distribution and habitat

Euophrys gambosa (Simon, 1868) occurs across the Mediterranean region, including southern Europe, North Africa, Greece and Crete (Metzner 1999). Apart from the present record, there is currently insufficient information to specify the habitat of this species.

Notes

Published as part of Ouakri, Najat, Lecigne, Sylvain, Oualid, Jaouad Abou & Dugon, Michel, 2026, Spiders from the Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve of Souss-Massa region (Morocco), and descriptions of two new species (Arachnida: Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Salticidae), pp. 1-50 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1051 on pages 25-26, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1051.3261, http://zenodo.org/record/19823278

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CSL, MOR
Event date
2025-03-22
Verbatim event date
2025-03-22
Scientific name authorship
Anza
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Salticidae
Genus
Euophrys
Species
gambosa
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Euophrys gambosa (Simon, 1868) sec. Ouakri, Lecigne, Oualid & Dugon, 2026

References

  • Simon E. 1876. Les Arachnides de France: Tome Troisieme. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret Paris.
  • Lecigne S., Moutaouakil S. & Lips J. 2025. Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) - Second note. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40: 1-152.
  • Metzner H. 1999. Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279.