World Spider Catalog

Genus: Artema Walckenaer, 1837 | Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Artema saharensis Zamani & Alioua, 2026

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067336

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Distribution: Algeria

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Holotype: University of Turku Zoological Museum (MZT/ZMUT), Turku, Finland m - (Zamani et al., 2026b)

Taxonomic References

Artema sp. b Aharon, Huber & Gavish-Regev, 2017: 44, f. 171-179 (m; here per Zamani et al., 2026b: 20)

Artema saharensis Zamani & Alioua, in Zamani et al., 2026b: 20, f. 14A-F, 15A-C (Dm) Original description

References

Aharon, S., Huber, B. A. & Gavish-Regev, E. (2017). Daddy-long-leg giants: revision of the spider genus Artema Walckenaer, 1837 (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 376: 1-57. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2017.376 -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A., Belhadi, A., Dekkoumi, B., Iflefel, S. A., Sidatt, Z. E. A., Elmareme, H. M., Shaibi, T., Meddour, S. & Alioua, Y. (2026b). New species and records of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Maghreb. Zootaxa 5873(1): 1-31. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5873.1.1 ZooBank: EA1FD2F6-013E-4D0B-8FC3-F20C92F610C8 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-08-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Zamani et al., 2026b
2026-08-20	New species inserted	Zamani et al., 2026b