taxonID	type	description	language	source
039487D6FFF4FFB472E4FB7E04A4FC95.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype ♂ (KBIN), Algeria: Blida, Atlas Blidéen, Djebel Mouzaia, 1200 m, under stones around lake, 10. IV. 1987. Paratypes: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (KBIN), Algeria: Blida, Atlas Blidéen, Chrea, 900 m, pitfall in Quercus faginea forest, 15. V – 10. VI. 1985; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (ZMMU) Boumerdes, Reghaia, 45 m, pitfalls in degraded Quercus suber forest, 30. IX. 1988. Other material examined. ALGERIA, Alger, El Harrach, 25 m, pitfall in rough grassland, 2 ♂♂ 3 subadult ♀♀ (CRB), 16. IV – 16. VI. 1985; Béjaïa, Oued Daas, 15 m, beach near river mouth, 1 ♂ (CRB), 22. V. 1988; Blida, Chrea, 1250 m, south slope, stones in Cedar forest, 1 ♂ (CRB), 30. V. 1987; Bordj Bou Arreridj, Ras el Oued-El Tetla, 1400 m, litter and stones in degraded Quercus ilex forest, 1 ♀ (CRB), 20. IV. 1989; Boumerdes, Reghaia, 45 m, pitfalls in degraded Quercus suber forest, 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (CRB), 30. IX. 1988; Chleff, 5 km W. Damous, 5 m, maquis of Lentisca lentiscus and Pinus halepensis along dry river near the sea, 1 ♀ (CRB), 17. IV. 1987, El Marsa, 50 m, maquis of Pistacia lentiscus in dunes, 2 ♂♂ (CRB), 25. V. 1990; El Tarf, El Frin, litter of maquis of Pistacia lentiscus, 1 ♀ (CJVK), K. De Smet leg., 9. V. 1998; Mascara, Oued Taria, 500 m, among stones and herbs along road, 1 ♀ (CRB), 13. VII. 1979; Medea, Col des 2 bassins, 1200 m, under stones in maquis, 2 ♀♀ 5 juv. (CRB), 11. IV. 1982; Sidi Bel Abbes, Mezaourou, 900 m, stones in clearing in Pinus halepensis forest, 2 ♂♂ (CRB), 23. V. 1990; Skikda, West of Collo, Tamanart, 25 m, stones and litter in Quercus suber forest, 1 ♂ (CJVK), 6. VI. 1987; Tipaza, Douaouda, Oued Mazafran, 50 m, pitfalls in Populus alba forest, 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (CRB), 1. XII. 1986 – 26. II. 1987; Tizi Ouzou, Beni Yenni, 850 m, among mosses, stones and Oxalis pes-caprae in orchards, 1 ♂ (CRB), 14. IV. 1982. TUNISIA: Bizerte, Lake Ichgeul, stones in grassland, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (CRB), 25. I. 1995.	en	Keer, Johan Van, Bosmans, Robert (2014): A new species of Scytodes from Algeria (Araneae: Scytodidae), with a review of the species from the Maghreb. Zootaxa 3894 (1): 131-140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.10
039487D6FFF4FFB472E4FB7E04A4FC95.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is a patronym dedicated to our friend and colleague Seppo Koponen from the Zoological Museum at the University of Turku, Finland, in honour of his ecological, faunistic and systematic studies on spiders.	en	Keer, Johan Van, Bosmans, Robert (2014): A new species of Scytodes from Algeria (Araneae: Scytodidae), with a review of the species from the Maghreb. Zootaxa 3894 (1): 131-140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.10
039487D6FFF4FFB472E4FB7E04A4FC95.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scytodes seppoi sp. n. has the general aspect of S. thoracica but a palp resembling that of S. velutina Heineken & Lowe, 1836. It resembles S. velutina by the conformation of the male palp and the shape of the scutula, but is rather easily distinguished by its pale colour, the annulated femora, tibiae and metatarsi, uniformly coloured in S. velutina. Males are further distinguished by the smaller palp, the subdistally folded region of the bulb (straight in S. velutina) provided with a large, blunt notch, absent in S. velutina. Females are distinguished by the oblique position of the elongated scutula, spaced 1.5 times their diameter, more rounded and spaced twice their diameter in S. velutina.	en	Keer, Johan Van, Bosmans, Robert (2014): A new species of Scytodes from Algeria (Araneae: Scytodidae), with a review of the species from the Maghreb. Zootaxa 3894 (1): 131-140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.10
039487D6FFF4FFB472E4FB7E04A4FC95.taxon	description	Description. Male holotype. Total length 2.8 (n = 5; 2.1 – 2.8), carapace 1.4 (1.1 – 1.4) long, 1.2 (1.1 – 1.4) wide, slightly domed. Carapace ochre-colored with black pattern: a long, black median stripe and two large black spots constructing a heart shaped pattern in the thoracic part (Fig. 3). Eye region black. Chelicerae yellowish with frontal black spot. Labium grey. Endites pale yellow with black retrolateral margins. Sternum pale yellow with darker markings in front of each coxae. Legs pale yellowish, distal part of femora, sub-basal and distal part of tibia and distal part of metatarsi widely darkened. Abdomen dorsally yellowish grey to grey, with black pattern (Fig. 1), anteriorly broadly darkened, posteriorly with two longitudinal rows of 5 black spots; venter grey mottled with brown spots. Palp pale yellow with few black spots on tibia and femur. Cymbium without distal spines. Bulb (Figs 6 – 13) 0.5 long (0.4 – 0.5; n = 5), rather thick, with basal, median and distal part, basal part circular, median part cylindrical, distal part bent in an angle of 30 °, marked by an anterior blunt notch (Figs 6 – 7, 9 – 10, 27) and a small retrolateral sclerotized process (Figs 8, 12 – 13); distal part (Fig. 11) posteriorly with some denticules. Female paratype. Total length 3.5 (n = 4; 3.4 – 4.1), carapace 1.6 (1.4 – 1.6) long, 1.2 (1.2 – 1.5) wide, highly domed. Coloration pattern as in male (Figs 4 – 5). Some females examined have a slightly darkened sternum mottled with brown. Scutula (Fig. 14) in an oblique position, elongated, separated by 1.5 times their diameter. Vulva as in Figs 15 – 16, 29. FIGURES 17 – 23. Scytodes annulipes (17 – 20), S. thoracica (21 – 22) and S. velutina (23). 17, 21: male, dorsal view; 18, 22, 23: female, dorsal view; 19: male, lateral view; 20: male femur I, lateral view.	en	Keer, Johan Van, Bosmans, Robert (2014): A new species of Scytodes from Algeria (Araneae: Scytodidae), with a review of the species from the Maghreb. Zootaxa 3894 (1): 131-140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.10
039487D6FFF4FFB472E4FB7E04A4FC95.taxon	discussion	Comments. The species occurs in the extreme north of Algeria and was found once in Tunisia. It has almost the same distribution pattern as that for S. thoracica in the area (Fig. 32), as can be derived from literature data (Lucas 1846; Pavesi 1880, Pavesi 1884; Simon 1908 b; Caporiacco 1934; Denis 1937; Brignoli, 1976). Since there was not one specimen of S. thoracica present in our material, the two species have most probably been confused in the past.	en	Keer, Johan Van, Bosmans, Robert (2014): A new species of Scytodes from Algeria (Araneae: Scytodidae), with a review of the species from the Maghreb. Zootaxa 3894 (1): 131-140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.10
039487D6FFF6FFB372E4FC200758FBCE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scytodes annulipes is closely related to S. thoracica. Males differ by the elongated legs, with Femora I twice as long as the carapace, the presence of a row of short black spines on Femora I and the bulb gradually narrowing into the stylus. Females differ by the scutula separated by less than their diameter. Usually they can also be separated by their colour. In S. annulipes, the longitudinal stripes on the carapace are narrower and not interconnected as in S. thoracica, and the abdomen has rows of spots instead of stripes as in S. thoracica. Previous records. ALGERIA, Djelfa, Tadmit (Simon 1899, sub S. bertheloti). LIBYA, Gharyan, Djebel Tigrina (= Djebel Taghrinnah; Simon 1909, sub S. b. annulipes); Sabah, Gadua (= Gheddoua; Denis 1964, sub S. bertheloti), Sebha (= Sabah; Caporiacco 1936; Denis 1964, sub S. bertheloti); Sha‘bīyat al Buţnān: Porto Bardia (= Bardiya; Caporiacco 1928, sub S. bertheloti). TUNISIA, Gabes, Gabes (Simon 1885, sub S. bertheloti); Kairouan, Jebel Trozza (Brignoli, 1976, sub S. bertheloti), Kairouan (Brignoli 1976); Kebili, Nefzaoua (Simon 1909, sub S. b. annulipes), Oum Ali (Simon, 1885, sub S. bertheloti); Sidi Bouzid: Jebel Bou Hedma (Simon 1885, sub S. bertheloti); Tataouine, Tatatouine (Simon 1910, sub S. bertheloti). New records. ALGERIA: Djelfa, Djebel Sénalba, 1350 m, pitfalls in Pinus plantation, 1 ♀ (CRB), 10. VI. 1989; El Oued, El Hamraia, 33 m, 1 ♂, litter in palm yard, 1 ♂ (CRB), 1. XI. 1989; Ghardaia, Beni Isguen, 525 m, pitfalls in palm yard, 3 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀ (CRB), 3. XI. 1989; Illizi, Bordj Omar Driss, litter in irrigated gardens, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (CRB), 6. V. 1990; Khenchela, Forêt des Beni Ouled, SE Djebel Tarzout, 1500 m, stones in grassland in open Cedrus atlanticus forest, 1 ♀ 1 subadult ♀, (CRB), 15. X. 1987; M’sila, Bou Saada S., Aïn Oghrab, 650 m, pitfalls in Pinus forest, 2 ♂ 1 ♀ (CRB), 23. VI. 1990; Skikda, Bouchata, 400 m, stones in grassland, 3 subadult ♀♀ (CRB), 12. III. 1990; Souk Arras, Bou Hadjar, 900 m, stones in degraded Quercus ilex forest, 4 subadult ♀♀ (CRB), 9. II. 1988 (CRB); Tamanrasset, Tehe-n-Kalan, 20 km S. Djebel Telertheba, 1 ♂ (CRB), K. De Smet leg., 5. II. 2003. TUNISIA, Ben Arous, Jebel Ressas, 1 ♀ (CRB), 28. I. 2003; Bizerte, Gareet et Mebtouba, between Fejja and Zana, 5 m, stones bordering salt marsh, 2 ♀♀ (CRB), 25. I. 1995; Jendouba, Bulla Reghia, 500 m, stones in Roman ruins, 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀ (CRB), 24. I. 1990, Ghardimaou W., 250 m, stones in grassland, 3 subadult ♀♀ (CRB), 5. III. 2005; Kairouan, Hayeb el Ayoun, 350 m, stones in steppe, 2 ♀♀ (CRB), 26. I. 1995; Kasserine, Thala 5 km W., stones in Pinus forest, 1 ♀ (CRB), 10. V. 2006; El Kef, Sakiet Sidi Youcef E., 859 m, stones in Pinus forest, 3 ♀♀ (CRB), 5. III. 2005; Medenine, El Hallouf, stones in Eucalyptus plantation, 3 ♀♀ (CRB), 13. XII. 1989, Ksar Djouama, 480 m, stones in steppe, 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀ (CRB), 13. XII. 1999; Nabeul, Grombalia, 60 m, stones in wasteland, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (CRB), 25. I. 1995; Siliana, Siliana 20 km S., road to Kesra, stones in Pinus halepensis forest, 1 ♂ 2 subadult ♀♀ (CRB), 27. I. 2003; Tataouine, Chenini, 400 m, litter in palm yard, 1 ♀ (CRB), 14. XII. 1999; Kirchaou E., 85 m, stones in steppe, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (CRB), 14. XII. 1999; Tunis, La Goulette, 5 m, stones in Pinus plantation, 2 ♂♂ (CRB), 30. II. 2003; Zaghouan, El Fahs, Tuburbu Majus ruins, 175 m, stones in ruins, 12 ♂♂ 13 ♀♀ (CRB), 24. I. 1995, Jebel Zaghouan, 500 m, 1 subadult ♀, stones in Pinus halepensis forest, 24. I. 1995 (CRB), Saouaf E., 750 m, stones in Juniperus maquis, 1 ♀ (CRB), 24. I. 1995, Zriba village, 100 m, stones along Oued el Hammam, 2 ♂ 3 ♀♀ 3 subadult ♀♀ (CJVK, CRB).	en	Keer, Johan Van, Bosmans, Robert (2014): A new species of Scytodes from Algeria (Araneae: Scytodidae), with a review of the species from the Maghreb. Zootaxa 3894 (1): 131-140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.10
039487D6FFF6FFB372E4FC200758FBCE.taxon	discussion	Comments. Scytodes bertheloti was originally described by Lucas (1838) from the Canary Islands. Lucas’s figure 9 shows a spider with long legs, without spots on the prosoma, and without annulations of the legs. In 1907, Simon described its subspecies S. b. annulipes from material from Tunisia, evidently differing from S. bertheloti by its annulated legs. According to Wunderlich (1987), S. bertheloti is a doubtful species, its original description more resembling that of Loxosceles, while S. b. annulipes is a different species. This view is followed here and the subspecies is elevated to species rank S. annulipes Simon, 1907 n. stat. Scytodes bertheloti is a species inquirenda from the Canary Islands.	en	Keer, Johan Van, Bosmans, Robert (2014): A new species of Scytodes from Algeria (Araneae: Scytodidae), with a review of the species from the Maghreb. Zootaxa 3894 (1): 131-140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.10
039487D6FFF0FFB172E4FAE204A3FF03.taxon	discussion	Comments. Scytodes thoracica was frequently cited from the Maghreb in the past, as can be seen from the records above. Nevertheless, it is not present in recently collected material and this suggests that it does not occur in the Maghreb. Most of old the citations fall within the distribution area of S. seppoi sp. n. and should most probably be attributed to that species. The older records in Libya would extend the distribution area of S. seppoi sp. n. in that country. Scytodes thoracica was never cited from Morocco neither does S. seppoi sp. n. occur in that country.	en	Keer, Johan Van, Bosmans, Robert (2014): A new species of Scytodes from Algeria (Araneae: Scytodidae), with a review of the species from the Maghreb. Zootaxa 3894 (1): 131-140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.10
039487D6FFF3FFB072E4FB1C04B7FD0B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scytodes velutina can normally be separated from other Scytodes species by its darkened carapace and legs. There are, however, pale forms, and these differ from S. seppoi sp. n. by the uniformly coloured femora, as well as by the straight distal part of the bulb and the more separated scutula in the female.	en	Keer, Johan Van, Bosmans, Robert (2014): A new species of Scytodes from Algeria (Araneae: Scytodidae), with a review of the species from the Maghreb. Zootaxa 3894 (1): 131-140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.10
039487D6FFF3FFB072E4FB1C04B7FD0B.taxon	discussion	Comments. Scytodes velutina is the commonest Scytodes species in the Maghreb, occurring all over the region.	en	Keer, Johan Van, Bosmans, Robert (2014): A new species of Scytodes from Algeria (Araneae: Scytodidae), with a review of the species from the Maghreb. Zootaxa 3894 (1): 131-140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.10
