Enoplognatha diversa (Blackwall, 1859)

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 : 324-326

Enoplognatha diversa (Blackwall, 1859)

Enoplognatha diversa ; Bosmans & Van Keer 1999: 226 ; Boucherit et al. 2020: 65.

Theridion mystaceum ; Bosmans & Van Keer 2012: 158 .

Material examined: BERRIANE: Balouh, hand collecting, 1 ♂, 19.II.2021; 1 ♂, 26.II.2021; 2 ♂, 10.IV.2021; 2 ♀, 24.IV.2021; 1 ♂, 30.IV.2021, pitfall traps, 2 ♂, 30.IV.2021. Sidi Mbarek, hand collecting, 2 ♂, 2 ♀, 11.II.2021; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 25.II.2021; 1 ♂, 4.III.2021; 1 ♂, 18.III.2021; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 9.IV.2021; 1 ♂, 3 ♀, 23.IV.2021; 2 ♂, 29.IV.2021, pitfall traps, 1 ♂, 11.II.2021; 1 ♂, 4.III.2021; 2 ♀, 25.III.2021; 1 ♀, 9.IV.2021; 1 ♂, 1.IV.2021. EL GUERRARA: Aghzou, pitfall traps, hand collecting, 2 ♂, 22.II.2020; 1 ♂, 27.III.2020. El Amied, pitfall traps, 1 ♂, 7.II.2020, 1 ♀, 3.III.2020.

Previous records in Algeria: Aïn Defla, Aïn Témouchent, Batna, Béjaïa, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Bou Arréridj, Bouira, Laghouat, M’sila, Oran, Saïda, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen ( Bosmans & Van Keer 1999 ; Bosmans & Van Keer 2012 ; Boucherit et al. 2020)

Distribution: Cabo Verde, Canary Islands, Madeira, Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco to Greece ( World Spider Catalog 2024).