Cryptodrassus helvolus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

Melanophora helvola; O. Pickard-Cambridge 1872: 243.

Zelotes helvolus; Levy 1988: 148; Ponomarev et al. 2017: 111; Ponomarev et al. 2018: 246.

Zelotes helvoloides; Levy 1998: 150 (misidentification of ♀).

Cryptodrassus helvolus; Chatzaki & Russell-Smith 2017: 238 (transfer).

Material examined: BERRIANE: Sidi Mbarek, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 25.II.2021; 1 ♂, 16.IV.2021 .

Previous records in Algeria: This is a new genus and species record for Algeria and Africa.

Distribution: Russia (Europe), Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Iran, Kazakhstan (World Spider Catalog 2024).

Comments: This result has already been reported in a paper in press.