Sciobia luctuosus (Gogorza, 1881)

Platyblemmus luctuosos [sic] Gogorza, 1881: 518 [male and female]. Type locality: Algeria, Saïda.

Distribution: North Africa (Algeria, Morocco) (Chopard 1943). Biogeographic zones: Tellian Atlas, High Plateaux, Saharian Atlas. Bioclimatic zones: Subhumid, semiarid.

Records in Algeria: Saïda [34°49’N 0°9’E] (Gorgoza 1881). Saïda [34°49’N 0°9’E]; Djebel Senalba [34°30'N 2°58'E] (Bolivar 1925).