Spiders from the Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve of Souss-Massa region (Morocco), and descriptions of two new species (Arachnida: Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Salticidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy 1051: 1-50.
Abstract
A preliminary faunistic survey of spiders from the Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve in the Souss-Massa region of Morocco, covering 39 species across 17 families collected between January 2022 and June 2025. Two species are new to science: Cesonia africana Lecigne & Ouakri sp. nov. (Gnaphosidae) and Menemerus currens Lecigne sp. nov. (Salticidae). Five other species are new records for Morocco, and Zelotes oryx (Simon, 1880) is proposed as a junior synonym of Zelotes tragicus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872). One theraphosid is recorded: Ischnocolus mogadorensis Simon, 1909, from Anza in the Agadir Ida Outanane Prefecture.