Leptopilos pupa ( Dalmas, 1919 )

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 : 306

Leptopilos pupa ( Dalmas, 1919) ( Figs. 3a–c & figs. 4a–h)

Leptodrassus pupa ; Dalmas 1919: 248; Levy 1999: 446.

Leptopilos pupa ; Levy 2009: 9.

Material examined: BERRIANE: Sidi Mbarek, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 23.IV.2021; 1 ♂, 29.IV.2021 .

Previous records in Algeria: this is a new genus and species record for the country.

Distribution: The species is known only from Egypt.

Comment: This is the first record of the Genus Leptopilos Levy, 2009 in Algeria.

Figures

FIGURE 3a–c. Leptopilos pupa, (a) Dorsal view of the male, (b) Dorsal view of the female, (c) Ventral view of the female, (c).