identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
039487D6FFF4FFB472E4FB7E04A4FC95.text	039487D6FFF4FFB472E4FB7E04A4FC95.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scytodes seppoi Bosmans	<div><p>Scytodes seppoi Bosmans &amp; Van Keer, sp. n.</p><p>Figs 1–16, 27, 29, 32</p><p>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.</p><p>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, 15m, 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, 1200m, 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Diagnosis. Scytodes seppoi sp. n. has the general aspect of S. thoracica but a palp resembling that of S. velutina Heineken &amp; 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 .</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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 1908b; Caporiacco1934; 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.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039487D6FFF4FFB472E4FB7E04A4FC95	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Keer, Johan Van;Bosmans, Robert	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.text	039487D6FFF6FFB372E4FC200758FBCE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scytodes annulipes Simon 1907	<div><p>Scytodes annulipes Simon, 1907, stat. n.</p><p>Figs 17–20, 24, 28, 33</p><p>Scytodes bertheloti: Simon 1885: 40; Simon 1899: 82; Simon 1910: 305; Denis 1964: 105; Brignoli 1976: 151. Scytodes bertheloti annulipes Simon, 1907: 249; Simon 1908a: 421; Simon 1910: 305; Caporiacco 1936: 71.</p><p>Note. Authors who cited S. bertheloti in the past were not always consequent in using the name of the nominal species S. bertheloti or the subspecies S. b. annulipes .</p><p>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 .</p><p>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).</p><p>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, 525m, 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, 5m, 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., 859m, 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., 85m, stones in steppe, 1♂ 1♀ (CRB), 14.XII.1999; Tunis, La Goulette, 5m, stones in Pinus plantation, 2♂♂ (CRB), 30.II.2003; Zaghouan, El Fahs, Tuburbu Majus ruins, 175m, 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).</p><p>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.</p><p>Scytodes annulipes appears to have a peculiar distribution pattern (Fig. 33). It is the dominant Scytodes species in Tunisia and occurs also in the neighbouring part of Algeria, reaching even the Hoggar and Tassili mountains in the extreme south. It was also cited several times from Libya and these citations are probably correct. It is absent from Morocco. In the literature, the species was further cited from Spain (Melic 1994), Israel (Simon 1892), Malta (Baldacchino et al. 1993), Turkmenistan (Dunin 1992) and the Seychelles (Saaristo 1997, 2010), but these should all be verified. Saaristo (1997) presents drawings of “ Scytodes bertheloti ” from the Seychelles. The figure of the male palp corresponds to our species, but in the female, the scutula are separated by twice their diameter, while they are separated by only one diameter in our material.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039487D6FFF6FFB372E4FC200758FBCE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Keer, Johan Van;Bosmans, Robert	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
039487D6FFF1FFB272E4FBFB0750FAE1.text	039487D6FFF1FFB272E4FBFB0750FAE1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scytodes major Simon 1885	<div><p>Scytodes major Simon, 1885</p><p>Fig. 33</p><p>Scytodes major: Simon 1909: 13; Simon 1910: 305; Caporiacco 1928: 82; Denis 1954: 315; Denis 1961: 164.</p><p>Previous records. ALGERIA: Tamanrasset, Thabort, Source Chappuis (Denis1954). LIBYA: Sha‘bīyat al Buţnān, Porto Bardia (= Bardiya; Caporiacco 1928). MOROCCO: Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz, Mogador (= Essaouira; Simon 1909).</p><p>FIGURES 24–31. Scytodes annulipes (24, 28), S. thoracica (25, 30), S. velutina . (26, 31) and S. seppoi sp. n. (27, 29). 24–27: lateral view of male palp; 28–31: vulva, ventral view.</p><p>New records. MOROCCO: Guelmim-Es Smara, Tighmert oasis, 3 subadult ♀♀, in hotel in oasis, 12.II.2007 (CRB), Souss-Massa Drâa, Medina of Agadir, 1 subadult ♀, stones around market place, 16.II.2007 (CRB). Comments. Scytodes major is a species from West Africa (Millot 1941), where it often occurs in houses. Apart from its size, it is not unlike S. thoracica and Brignoli (1976) found no differences in the sexual organs. The species was cited in the Maghreb from the south of Algeria (Denis 1954), the south of Morocco (Simon 1909) and the north-east of Libya, Caporiacco (1928) (Fig. 33), the last one probably erroneous. In the south of Morocco we found some subadult specimens, also in houses, that were much larger and differently coloured to S. velutina, the only other Scytodes species occurring in that region. They are tentatively identified as S. major . Further adult material, especially males, is necessary to confirm this.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039487D6FFF1FFB272E4FBFB0750FAE1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Keer, Johan Van;Bosmans, Robert	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.text	039487D6FFF0FFB172E4FAE204A3FF03.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scytodes thoracica (Latreille 1804) Latreille 1804	<div><p>[ Scytodes thoracica (Latreille, 1804)]</p><p>Figs 21, 22, 25, 30</p><p>Scytodes thoracica: Lucas 1846: 104; Pavesi 1880: 335; Pavesi 1884: 451; Simon 1908b: 52; Caporiacco1934: 123; Denis 1937: 1033; Brignoli, 1976: 348.</p><p>Previous records: ALGERIA: Alger, Alger (Lucas 1846); Annaba, Bône (= Annaba, Lucas, 1846); Constantine, Constantine (Lucas 1846); Djelfa, Takersan (Simon 1899); Jijel, Zouagha forest (Denis 1937); Oran, Oran (Lucas 1846); Skikda, Philippeville (= Skikda; Lucas 1846). LIBYA, Al Fatih, Barce (= Al Marj; Brignoli, 1976), Sidi Mahius (Brignoli, 1976); Benghazi, Om Luadegh (Brignoli, 1975); Darnah, Derna (= Darnah. Caporiacco 1934), El Feteya (= Al Fadiya, Caporiacco 1934). TUNISIA: Ben Arous, Jebel Ressas (Simon 1885; Brignoli 1976); Jendouba, between Aïn Draham and El Kef (Simon 1908b), Jebel Gloub (Simon 1908b); Kairouan, Kairouan (Pavesi 1880; Brignoli 1976); El Kef, El Kef (Simon, 1908b; Brignoli 1976); Sousse, Enfidia (Brignoli 1976); Tunis, La Goulette (Simon 1908b), Tunis (Pavesi 1884).</p><p>New records. None.</p><p>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.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039487D6FFF0FFB172E4FAE204A3FF03	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Keer, Johan Van;Bosmans, Robert	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.text	039487D6FFF3FFB072E4FB1C04B7FD0B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scytodes velutina Heineken & Lowe 1832	<div><p>Scytodes velutina Heineken &amp; Löwe, 1832</p><p>Figs 23, 26, 31, 34</p><p>Scytodes velutina: Simon 1910: 305; Caporiacco 1928: 82; Denis 1937: 1033; Denis 1947: 25; Denis 1961: 164; Brignoli 1976: 151.</p><p>Scytodes velutina delicatula: Simon 1909: 13; Simon 1910: 305; Denis 1961: 164.</p><p>Previous records. ALGERIA: Without precise locality (Simon 1910); Jijel, Forêt de Zouagha (Denis 1937). LIBYA: Al Jaghbub, Giarabub (Caporiacco 1928). MOROCCO: Grand Casablanca, Aïn-es-Sebâa (Denis 1961); Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, Marrakech, rochers du Gueliz (Denis 1961), Mogador (= Essaouira; Simon 1909; Denis 1961); Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaër, Oued Cherrat (Denis 1961); Souss-Massa-Drâa, Amzou near Ouled Teima (Denis 1961). TUNISIA: Kairouan, Cherichera (Brignoli 1976).</p><p>New records. ALGERIA: Bordj Bou arreridj, El Mehir, 900 m, pitfalls in recent plantation of Pinus halepensis, 1 ♀ (CRB), 21.VI.1990; Boumerdes, Reghaia, 10 m, pitfalls in Olea maquis, 2♂♂, 1♀ (CRB), 13.VI.1988, Djelfa, Djebel Senalba, 1400 m, pitfalls in Pinus plantation, 2♂♂ 2♀♀ (CRB), 23.II.1990; Mostagenem, La Stidia, 25m, herbs in dunes, 1 ♂ (CRB), 25.V.1990; Oran, Mouley Ismaël, 150 m, pitfalls in young Pinus plantation, 2♂♂ 1 ♀ (CRB), 25.V.1990; Saida, Cascades de Tifrit, 825 m, herbs at foot of waterfall, 1 ♂ (CRB), 4.V.1984, Guettara, 850 m, pitfalls along rivulet, 2♂♂ (CRB), 23.V.1990, Saida, recreation area, 840 m, pitfalls in Pinus halepensis forest, 2♂♂ 1♀, 24.V.1990, Djebel Tenfelt, 850 m, pitfalls in Pinus halepensis forest, 1♀ (CRB), 23.V.1990. MOROCCO: Chaouia-Ouardigha, Mechra Bennabbou, 400 m, stones in mixed forest plantation, 3♀♀ (CRB), 9.II.1996, Oued Zem 10 km S., 760 m, pitfalls in young Pinus plantation, 14♂♂ 2♀♀ (CRB), 14.VI.1984; Fès-Boulemane, Missour, 900 m, pitfalls in steppe, 1♂ 1♀ (CRB), 30.VII.2002; Marrakech- Tensift-Al Haouz, Diabat S., 5m, litter under Tamarix trees, 1 ♂ (CRB), 8.VI.1999, Oued Tensift near Marrakech, 1 female 2 subadult ♀♀ (CRB), 9.II.1996, Ounara E., 235m, stones in Argania spinosa steppe, 1 ♂ (CRB), 8.VI.1999, Tamelelt NE, 590 m, stones in wasteland, 1 ♀ (CRB), 16.IV.2012 (CRB); Meknes-Tafilalt, road Ifrane- Mischlifen, 1750 m, stones in grassland along rivulet, 1 ♂ 1♀ (CRB), 18.IV.2012; Souss-Massa-Drâa, Agadir, Ida Outanane, road Cap Rhir-Taghazout, 55 m, stones near the sea, 1 ♀ (CRB), 28.IV.2012, Aglou plage, 25m, stones in steppe, 1 ♀ (CRB), 26.IV.2012, Tiguermine E., 1600 m, stones in steppe with almond trees, 2 ♀♀ (CRB), 24.IV.2012, Tizi n’ Tichka E., 1800 m, grassland along rivulet, 1 ♀ (CRB), 6.VII.1989, Telouet S., 1880 m, stones in Juncus grassland, 1 ♀ (CRB), 6.VII.1999, Barrage Youssef-Ben-Tachfine, 100 m, stones in steppe, 1 ♀ (CRB), 27.IV.2012; Tanger-Tetouan, Zinat N., 190 m, abandoned garden along Oued Hadjera, 1 ♀ (CRB), 20.IV.1984; Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Dar Caid Medboh, 950 m, sieving litter in Pinus halepensis forest, 1 ♂ (CRB), 15.XII.2013, Issaguen S., 1450 m, stones in Cedrus atlantica forest, 1♀ (CRB), 16.XII.2013. TUNISIA: Ben Arous, Jebel Ressas, 95m, stones in olive grove, 2♀♀ (CRB), 28.I.2003; Medenine, Djerba, Houmt Souk E., 5m, litter in salt marsh, 2♀♀ (CRB), 15.XII.1999; Sidi Bouzid, Djebel Bou Hedma National Park, 1 ♀ (CRB), Moldrzyck, 25.III.2001.</p><p>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.</p><p>Comments. Scytodes velutina is the commonest Scytodes species in the Maghreb, occurring all over the region.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039487D6FFF3FFB072E4FB1C04B7FD0B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Keer, Johan Van;Bosmans, Robert	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
