Leptestheria mayeti ( Simon, 1885 )

Chergui, Isslam, Satour, Abdellatif, Bouzid, Abdelhakim, Koulali, Khaled & Samraoui, Boudjéma, 2023, Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Large Branchiopods in Algeria and a checklist update, Zootaxa 5336 (3), pp. 328-348 : 340

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B04CD850-B9E2-4747-B8EF-D96E90A0EE7D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8281613
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7A498793-FFD3-FF89-FF5D-F9B32DF5BFB9
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leptestheria mayeti ( Simon, 1885 )
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Leptestheria mayeti ( Simon, 1885) View in CoL

Records in this study. Dayet Lihodi, Wad Messead, Ikinyawin, Jemot.

Previous records in the Algerian Sahara. Recorded near Laghouat by Blanchard, (1891), Tilremt, Oued Mzab ( Seurat 1930), Tassili N’Ajjer ( Gauthier 1930), and Mouydir ( Gauthier 1933).

Previous records in the Hauts Plateaux and coastal area. Between Laghouat and Djelfa ( Gauthier 1928b), Garaet Timerganine ( Ouahioune Rais 2019), Jemot ( Ouahioune Rais 2019; Beladjal & Amarouayache 2023).

Comments. Previously, this species was divided into two separate species: Leptestheria mayeti and L. cortieri ( Rogers 2020) . Another species, L. heterochaeta Daday, 1923 , is considered a possible junior synonym of L. mayeti according to Rogers (2020). The distribution of L. mayeti in Algeria, extending into the Central Sahara, contrasts with its more northerly distribution in Tunisia ( Marrone et al. 2016).