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Issue: Vol. 4915 No. 4: 25 Jan. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-01-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.4.10
Page range: 594–600
Abstract views: 139
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Description of a new species of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Algeria

University of Algiers Benyoucef Benkhedda, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Natural and Life Sciences, 2 Rue Didouche Mourad, 16000 Alger Centre, Algeria. s.bouseksou@univ-alger.dz; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7388-3201 University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Dynamic and Biodiversity, BP 32 El Alia 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Alger, Algeria.
University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Dynamic and Biodiversity, BP 32 El Alia 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Alger, Algeria.
Ghent University, Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
Ghent University, Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
Araneae taxonomy new species ant-eating spiders phenology agro-ecosystem Olea europaea groves

Abstract

A new species of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 is described based on material collected in different regions in Algeria. Morphological, diagnostic characters and illustrations of the genitalia of both sexes are presented. The samples reveal different phenological activities for males and females, and that the species occurs in agro-ecosystem habitats.

 

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