Cicileus derradji sp. nov., a new species from southern Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

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  Cicileus derradji sp. nov., a new species from southern Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae) Abstract A new scorpion species, Cicileus derradji sp. nov., is described from Tin Zaouatine District, In Guezzam Province, southern Algeria. The description is based on an adult male holotype, an adult female paratype and a juvenile specimen, and is supported by detailed morphological analyses, including colouration, morphometrics, carination patterns and trichobothrial arrangement. This discovery extends the known distribution of the genus Cicileus approximately 500 km southwestward within Algeria. With the addition of this species, the number of recognised species in the genus increases to six. The new species is compared with all previously known species of Cicileus , and detailed colour photographs, including images taken under ultraviolet illumination, are provided. Derradj, L., Aydın Yağmur, E., Benali, N., & Bikada, M. (2026). Cicileus derradji sp. nov., a new species from south...

Studies on spider nomenclature II: a synonymy and misidentification in Asian Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae)

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Studies on spider nomenclature II: a synonymy and misidentification in Asian Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae)

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In this work, the synonymy suggested by Yao, Tavano & Li (2013) is confirmed and proposed formally. Furthermore, the material tentatively identified by Huber (2011) as P. gracillimus is determined to be a new species, matching no species known at the time of Huber (2011), nor any of the Pholcus species described after 2011. It is thus formally described herein and nomenclatural implications for the naming of informal species groups in Pholcus is given. 

Sherwood, Danniella. (2025). Studies on spider nomenclature II: a synonymy and misidentification in Asian Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae). Arachnology. 20. 34-36. 

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