Lepthyphantes, Menge, 1866 sensu Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2014, Linyphiid spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from caves of Morocco, Revue suisse de Zoologie 121 (2), pp. 277-290 : 281

Lepthyphantes s. lat. aelleni Denis in Denis & Dresco, 1957 Figs 9-13

MATERIAL: 1 Ƌ; MOROCCO, Middle Atlas Mts , Taza , near Daya Chiker, “Gouffre du Friouato” Cave, 1450 m a.s.l.; 1.VI.1978; leg. P. Strinati [ Mar 78/6]. – 1 ♀; same data, 1.VI.1978; leg. B. Hauser [ Mar 78/7]. – 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀; same data, 1.X.1979; leg. P. Strinati.

DISTRIBUTION: Lepthyphantes aelleni is known from two potholes, the “Gouffre de Kaf el Bouk” and the “Gouffre du Friouato”, in the region of Taza, Morocco only ( Denis & Dresco, 1957; Bosmans, 2006). Detailed information on these localities can be found in Strinati (1952).