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Harpactea innupta Beladjal & Bosmans 1997

  • 1. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumédiène. Faculty of Biological Sciences, Dynamic and Biodiversity Laboratory. BP 32, El Alia 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria. & selmach 88 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5737 - 4295
  • 2. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumédiène. Faculty of Biological Sciences, Dynamic and Biodiversity Laboratory. BP 32, El Alia 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria.
  • 3. Ghent University, Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B- 9000, Belgium.

Description

Harpactea innupta Beladjal & Bosmans, 1997

Harpactea innupta Beladjal & Bosmans, 1997: 13, f. 7–8 (description male)

New records

Bouira: Tikjda, (6°25’44”N – 04°07’41”E), 1280m, 4³³, pitfalls in holm oak forest (HO), 20.IV.2016 – 18. V.2017, Chaib leg. (CSC). Tikjda, (36°26’47’’N – 04°07’30”E), 1430m, 1³, pitfalls in dense and anthropized Cedrus atlantica forest (CAC), 20.IV.2016, Chaib leg. (CSC), Tikjda, (36°26’49”N – 04°07’32”E), 1410m, 5³³, pitfalls in open cedar forest (OAC), 2.VI.2016, Chaib leg. (CSC).

Distribution

Ten males were collected in different forests in Tikjda (Fig. 3), which indicate that the distribution of the species is larger than the type locality (Taguemount Azouz in Tizi–Ouzou) (Fig. 1) where a single male was collected. Female unknown.

Ecology

The species was collected between 1280 and 1430 m in two forest types: Cedar (Cedrus atlantica) and Holm oak (Quercus ilex). The species was mostly active between April and June.

Notes

Published as part of Chaib, Salma, Kherbouche-Abrous, Ourida & Beladjal, Lynda, 2023, New species and new records of the genus Harpactea (Araneae, Dysderidae) from the Djurdjura National Park, Algeria, pp. 79-87 in Zootaxa 5339 (1) on page 86, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5339.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8290309

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References

  • Beladjal, L. & Bosmans, R. (1997) Nouvelles donnees sur le genre Harpactea Bristowe en Algerie (Araneae, Dysderidae). Revue Arachnologique, 12, 9 - 29.