First data on the diversity of the spider fauna of Kef Doukhane river (Ghardaïa, Northern Algerian Sahara).

Autor: Boutmedjet, Ahmed, Alioua, Youcef, Bouallala, M'hammed, Sadine, Salah Eddine, Guezoul, Omar
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Zdroj: Serket; Nov2022, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p100-106, 7p
Abstrakt: Spiders remain among the poorly known groups of the fauna in Algeria for a number of reasons (i.e., the small number of arachnologists, the large surface of the country, the rigorous climate in the Saharan part ... etc.). The actual available data of the araneofauna of Algeria are also not updated in general, or not yet revised. This study was carried out in the wetland of Kef Doukhane (Ghardaïa, Algeria). The collected material was randomly sampled around the river using direct hunting method. The taxonomical study revealed a number of 12 species of spiders belonging to 9 families and 12 genera. The families Araneidae, Gnaphosidae, and Salticidae were the most diversified with 2 species for each of them, the rest of the families are represented by only one species. The most dominant species were Larinia chloris and Larinioides suspicax of family Araneidae (51.43 %). This study increased the number of the known spiders in the region of Ghardaïa to 21 species instead of 12. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index