Benoitia lepida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 )

Alioua, Youcef & Bosmans, Robert, 2024, Spiders of arid lands: The Ghardaïa region (Northern Sahara) with seven new records for Algeria, Zootaxa 5497 (3), pp. 301-336 : 303

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DC876897-235D-4EAD-95BB-4C1921EEF227
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13629974
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/29238793-FFE3-5D43-99A6-FE981BC8A7FC
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Benoitia lepida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 )
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Treatment

Benoitia lepida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) View in CoL

Agelena lepida deserta ; Denis 1945: 54; Denis 1954: 322.

Benoitia lepida View in CoL ; Alioua et al. 2016: 73; Boutmedjet et al. 2022: 103.

Material examined: DHAYET BENDHAHOUA: Grazil, hand collecting, 3 ♀, 5.II.2022. EL GUERRARA: Aghzou, hand collectinghand collecting, 1 ♂, 26.I.2020; 3 ♀, 8.II.2020; 2 ♂, 3 ♀, 15.II.2020; 1 ♂, 11.III.2020; 2 ♂, 17.III.2020 Pitfall traps, 1 ♂, 26.I.2020; 1 ♂, 22.II.2020; 1 ♂, 3.III.2020. El Amied, hand collecting, 3 ♀, 31.I.2020; 1 ♀, 12.III.2020; 1 ♀, 1.IV.2020, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 17.III.2020. MANSOURA: Mansoura Kedima, pitfall traps, 1 ♂, 18.I.2015. SEBSEB: Oued Sebseb, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 7.III.2015.

Previous records in Algeria: Known only from the Saharan part of the country: Biskra, Ghardaïa, El Meniaâ, In Salah and Tamenghasset ( Denis 1945; Denis 1954; Alioua et al. 2016; Boutmedjet et al. 2022).

Distribution: Spain, North Africa, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Yemen, Saudi-Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran ( World Spider Catalog 2024).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Araneae
Family	Agelenidae
Genus	Benoitia