Setaphis fuscipes ( Simon, 1885 )

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 : 309-310

Setaphis fuscipes ( Simon, 1885)

Echemus fuscipes ; Simon 1885: 36.

Setaphis fuscipes ; Simon 1899: 83; Platnick & Murphy 1996: 8; Bosmans & Janssen 1999: 84.

Material examined: BERRIANE: Balouh, hand collecting, 3 ♀, 2.II.2021; 3 ♂, 4.II.2021; 2 ♂, 12.II.2021; 1 ♀, 19.II.2021; 1 ♂, 3 ♀, 26.II.2021; 3 ♂, 3 ♀, 5.III.2021; 1 ♀, 26.III.2021; 1 ♀, 3.IV.2021; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 10.IV.2021; 3 ♀, 17.IV.2021; 2 ♀, 24.IV.2021; 4 ♂, 8 ♀, 30.IV.2021; Pifall traps, 1 ♀, 19.III.2021; 2 ♀, 25.III.2021; 1 ♀, 17.IV.2021; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 24.IV.2021; 2 ♂, 30.IV.2021. Sidi Mbarek, hand collecting, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 6.II.2021; 1 ♂, 3 ♀, 11.II.2021; 2 ♀, 18.II.2021; 3 ♂, 2 ♀, 25.II.2021; 1 ♀, 11.III.2021; 3 ♀, 18.III.2021; 1 ♂, 5 ♀, 9.IV.2021; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 16.IV.2021; 1 ♂, 3 ♀, 23.IV.2021; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, 29.IV.2021, pitfall traps, 2 ♀, 11.III.2021, 2 ♀, 18.III.2021; 1 ♂, 23.IV.2021; 1 ♀, 29.IV.2021. DHAYET BENDHAHOUA: Grazil, hand collecting, 1 ♂, 5.II.2022; 2 ♀, 15.II.2022; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 25.II.2022; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 5.III.2022; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 25.III.2022, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 5.II.2022; 1 ♂, 15.II.2022; 1 ♀, 25.II.2022; 1 ♀, 25.III.2022; Oumdjer, hand collecting, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 5.II.2022; 2 ♀, 25.II.2022; 1 ♂, 5.III.2022. EL ATTEUF: Palm grove of El Atteuf, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 15.XII.2014; 2 ♀, 05.II.2015, 1 ♀, 16.II.2015; 1 ♀, 15.III.2015; 1 ♀, 25.III.2015; 1 ♀, 5.IV.2015; 1 ♂, 18.IV.2015, pitfall traps, 2 ♀, 25.II.2015; 1 ♀, 06.III.2015; 1 ♀, 25.III.2015; 2 ♂, 18.IV.2015; 1 ♂, 25.I.2015. EL GUERRARA: Aghzou, hand collecting, 1 ♂, 17.III.2020, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 3.III.2020; 1 ♀, 11.III.2020; 1 ♂, 17.III.2020; El Amied, hand collecting, 1 ♂, 31.I.2020; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 3.III.2020. MANSOURA: Mansoura Kedima, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 4.II.2017; pitfall traps, 1 ♂, 20.XII.2014; 4 ♂, 27.XII.2014; 1 ♂, 12.I.2014; 3 ♂; 31.I.2015; 1 ♂, 7.II.2021; 2 ♂, 14.II.2021. METLILI: Guemgouma, hand collecting, 1 ♂, 25.II.2022; 1 ♀, 15.III.2021; Souareg, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 5.III.2022; 1 ♀, 25.III.2021.

Previous records in Algeria: Béchar, Béni Abbès, Djanet, Djelfa, El Meniaâ, El Oued, Ghardaïa, Illizi, Laghouat, M’sila, Touggourt ( Simon 1885; Simon 1899; Platnick & Murphy 1996; Bosmans & Janssen 1999).

Distribution: Morocco to Israel ( World Spider Catalog 2024).