Nemesia sp.

Zonstein, Sergei L., 2019, New data on the spider genus Nemesia in Algeria (Araneae: Nemesiidae), Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 49 (1), pp. 69-130 : 120-122

Nemesia sp.

( Figs 141 –147)

Description: Female ( Fig. 144): CL 5.2–5.4 mm. Cephalothorax dorsally and ventrally as in Figs 145 and 147. Eye tubercle as in Fig. 146. Spermathecae and spinnerets as in Figs 141, 142 and 143, respectively.

Male: Absent in the MNHN material from Algeria.

Material examined: Algeria: Tiaret Province: 1♀, Meghila (35°36′N 1°25′E), no other data (MNHN 12337/AR4434) ; Skikda Province: 1♀, Filfla (labelled as ”Filfila”; 36°54′N 7°03′E), no other data (MNHN 15164/AR4435) .

Notes: In possessing a spotted dorsal pattern of the abdomen, this species resembles the Maltese N. arboricola Pocock, 1903 ( Fig. 141 cf. Kritscher 1994: fig. 9). However, it differs from the latter taxon, as well as from other Nemesia spp. with known female characters, in the unique shape of the short, widelY spaced and slightlY twisted spermathecae ( Figs 141, 142). During the current study, the species is believed to be new to science. The formal description of this Nemesia species, also distributed in Tunisia, is currently under preparation for publication by other researchers, the information on this taxon is provided here only in a very general form.