Harpactea innupta Beladjal & Bosmans, 1997

Chaib, Salma, Kherbouche-Abrous, Ourida & Beladjal, Lynda, 2023, New species and new records of the genus Harpactea (Araneae, Dysderidae) from the Djurdjura National Park, Algeria, Zootaxa 5339 (1), pp. 79-87 : 86

Harpactea innupta Beladjal & Bosmans, 1997

Harpactea innupta Beladjal & Bosmans, 1997: 13 , f. 7–8 (description male)

New records

Bouira: Tikjda, (6°25’44”N – 04°07’41”E), 1280m, 4³³, pitfalls in holm oak forest (HO), 20.IV.2016 – 18. V.2017, Chaib leg. (CSC). Tikjda, (36°26’47’’N – 04°07’30”E), 1430m, 1³, pitfalls in dense and anthropized Cedrus atlantica forest (CAC), 20.IV.2016, Chaib leg. (CSC), Tikjda, (36°26’49”N – 04°07’32”E), 1410m, 5³³, pitfalls in open cedar forest (OAC), 2.VI.2016, Chaib leg. (CSC).

Distribution

Ten males were collected in different forests in Tikjda ( Fig. 3 ), which indicate that the distribution of the species is larger than the type locality (Taguemount Azouz in Tizi–Ouzou) ( Fig. 1 ) where a single male was collected. Female unknown.

Ecology

The species was collected between 1280 and 1430 m in two forest types: Cedar ( Cedrus atlantica ) and Holm oak ( Quercus ilex ). The species was mostly active between April and June.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Location of Djurdjura National Park (DNP) (study area) and the sampling sites.

FIGURE 3. Harpactea hamidae Beladjal & Abrous spec. nov.. a. Right male pedipalp, lateral view; scale 0.5 mm; b. detail bulb: tegulum (T), embolus (E) and conductor (Co), lateral view; scale 0.1 mm.