Spiders from the Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve of Souss-Massa region (Morocco), and descriptions of two new species (Arachnida: Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Salticidae) Author Ouakri, Najat Biological Oceanography Team, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco. najat.ouakri@edu.uiz.ac.ma Author Lecigne, Sylvain d’Aubencheul, F- 59268 Fressies, France. lecigne.sylvain@bbox.fr Author Oualid, Jaouad Abou Biological Oceanography Team, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco. jabououalid@gmail.com Author Dugon, Michel Venom Systems & Proteomics Lab, School of Natural Sciences, Ryan Institute, University of Galway, H 91 TK 33 Galway, Ireland. michel.dugon@universityofgalway.ie text European Journal of Taxonomy 2026 2026-04-20 1051 1 50 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3261/14417 journal article 315121 10.5852/ejt.2026.1051.3261 7c84ba62-3922-4b80-9a92-e981df194673 2118-9773 19823278 C276C8C3-DE56-49B7-B5F9-D4777C67BE8B
Table 2 (continued next page). Spider species from the Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve of Souss-Massa region. The species are presented in alphabetical order. The name of the locality and the number of individuals are also specified. The marked species are those which are new to Morocco (M) (absent in Benhalima & Bosmans 2024) or to science (S). The species endemic to Morocco, or presumed as such, are marked (*).
Family / SpeciesLocality (number of specimens)
Cheiracanthiidae
Cheiracanthium furculatum Karsch, 1879Aït Baha (near Ichengline) (1)
Eresidae
Eresus elhennawyi Řezáč, Vaněk & Střeštík, 2023Aït Baha (near Aït Ben Ali) (1)
Gnaphosidae
Cesonia africana Lecigne & Ouakri sp. nov. *SAnza (6)
Drassodes lutescens (C.L. Koch, 1839)Anza (1); Tinfoul (3); Aït Baha (near Aït Ben Ali, Dam Ahl Souss) (5)
Echemus escalerai Simon, 1909Aït Baha (near Ichengline) (1)
Haplodrassus dentifer Bosmans & Abrous, 2018Aït Baha (near Aït Ben Ali) (5)
Nomisia aussereri (L. Koch, 1872)Aït Baha (near Aït Ben Ali) (5)
Scotophaeus validus (Lucas, 1846)Aït Baha (near Aït Ben Ali) (1)
Setaphis simplex (Simon, 1885)Aït Baha (near Aït Ben Ali) (1)
Zelotes erythrocephalus (Lucas, 1846)Aït Baha (near Aït Ben Ali) (1); Alma (1)
Zelotes tragicus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)Aït Baha (near Ichengline) (1); Tinfoul (2)
Hersiliidae
Hersiliola simoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)Aït Baha (near Ichengline) (3); Alma (1); Anza (1)
Linyphiidae
Acartauchenius mutabilis (Denis, 1967)Anza (6); Tinfoul (4)
Styloctetor romanus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)Anza (7)
Liocranidae
Mesiotelus mauritanicus Simon, 1909Tinfoul (3)
Nemesiidae
Nemesia uncinata Bacelar, 1933MAnza (1)
Oecobiidae
Oecobius machadoi Wunderlich, 1995Anza (1); Tinfoul (2)
Pholcidae
Holocnemus reini (C. Koch, 1873)Anza (1)
Salticidae
Aelurillus blandus (Simon, 1871)Aït Baha (near Ichengline) (1)
Aelurillus hirtipes Denis, 1960Anza (1); Tinfoul (3)
Euophrys gambosa (Simon, 1868)Anza (4)
Menemerus currens Lecigne sp. nov. *SAnza (3)
Mogrus sahariensis Berland & Millot, 1941MTinfoul (1)
Phlegra yaelae Prószyński, 1998MTinfoul (4)
Salticus propinquus Lucas, 1846Tinfoul (1)
Thyene imperialis (Rossi, 1846)Tinfoul (1)
Scytodidae
Scytodes velutina Heineken & Lowe, 1832Aghroud (1); Aït Baha (near Aït Ben Ali) (3); Anza (2)
Segestriidae
Segestria florentina (Rossi, 1790)Aït Baha (near Ichengline) (2); Tinfoul (1)
Sparassidae
Cebrennus laurae Jäger, 2014MAnza (1)
Cebrennus rungsi Jäger, 2000 *Aït Baha (near Aït Ben Ali and Dam Ahl Souss) (2); Anza (2)
Eusparassus fritschi (C. Koch, 1873) *Aghroud (1)
Olios pictus (Simon, 1885)Azrarag (1)
Theraphosidae
Ischnocolus mogadorensis Simon, 1909Anza (1)
Theridiidae
Enoplognatha franzi Wunderlich, 1995Tinfoul (3)
Lasaeola testaceomarginata Simon, 1881Tinfoul (1)
Steatoda ingeae Van Keer, 2024 *Anza (9); Tinfoul (1)
Steatoda latifasciata (Simon, 1873)Aït Baha (near Aït Ben Ali) (2); Tinfoul (1)
Thomisidae
Bassaniodes lalandei (Audouin, 1826)Aït Baha (near Ichengline) (1)
Uloboridae
Polenecia producta (Simon, 1873)MTinfoul (1)