Spiders from the Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve of Souss-Massa region (Morocco), and descriptions of two new species (Arachnida: Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Salticidae)

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ouakri, Najat, Lecigne, Sylvain, Oualid, Jaouad Abou, Dugon, Michel (2026): 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, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1051.3261, URL: europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3261/14417 Abstract.

This study presents 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. and Menemerus currens Lecigne sp. nov. Five other species are new records for Morocco, i.e., Nemesia uncinata Bacelar, 1933, Phlegra yaelae Prószyński, 1998, Mogrus sahariensis Berland & Millot, 1941, Cebrennus laurae Jäger, 2014 and Polenecia producta (Simon, 1873).