First Exhaustive Catalog of Spiders of Algeria (Arachnida: Araneae) Author Beladjal, Lynda 0000-0002-5755-7235 Ghent University, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B- 9000 Gent, Belgium Lynda. Beladjal 610 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5755 - 7235 rop _ bosmans @ telenet. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4705 - 8587 Beladjal610@gmail.com Author Bouseksou, Samira 0000-0003-3681-253X University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Dynamic and Biodiversity, BP 32 El Alia 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Alger, Algeria Ouridakherbouche @ Yahoo. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3681 - 253 X & University of Algiers Benyoucef Benkhedda, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Natural and Life Sciences, 2 Rue Didouche Mourad, 16000 Alger Centre, Algeria s. bouseksou @ univ-alger. dz; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7388 - 3201 s.bouseksou@univ-alger.dz Author Kherbouche-Abrous, Ourida 0000-0003-3681-253X University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Dynamic and Biodiversity, BP 32 El Alia 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Alger, Algeria Ouridakherbouche @ Yahoo. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3681 - 253 X Author Alioua, Youcef 0000-0003-2548-0795 Laboratoire de Valorisation et Conservation des Ecosystèmes Arides (LVCEA). Faculty of Natural, Life and Earth Sciences, University of Ghardaïa, BP 455, 47000 Ghardaïa, Algeria Youcef 900 @ yahoo. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2548 - 0795 * Corresponding author Youcef900@yahoo.fr Author Bosmans, Robert 0000-0002-5755-7235 Ghent University, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B- 9000 Gent, Belgium Lynda. Beladjal 610 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5755 - 7235 rop _ bosmans @ telenet. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4705 - 8587 Beladjal610@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2025 2025-03-05 5598 1 1 185 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5598.1.1 1175-5334 14971861 6A934282-898C-4CC9-ACCB-6B6401DDFEE7 2. Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820) Scytodes distincta ; Lucas 1846: 104 . Loxosceles distincta ; Denis 1937a: 1033 . Loxosceles rufescens ; Simon 1874a: 66 ; Brignoli 1976: 141 ; Simon 1912: 418 ; Bouseksou et al. 2015: 260 . Loxosceles compactilis Simon 1881a: 6 ; Simon 1885a: 40 . Loxosceles rufescens lucifuga Simon 1910: 50 . Citations (12): Alger : Alger ( Lucas 1846 ; Simon 1874a ); Oued Smar ( Bouseksou et al. 2015 ). Annaba : Annaba (=Bone) ( Lucas 1846 ). Batna : Batna ( Simon 1881a ). Constantine : Constantine ( Lucas 1846 ). Bouira : Lakhdaria (=Palestro), Oulad Ben Dahmane, Grotte Ifri-Ammal ( Simon 1910 ). El M’Ghair : Tendla, El Arfiane ( Brignoli 1976 ). El Tarf : El Kala (=Lacalle) ( Lucas 1846 ). Mila : Zouagha forest ( Denis 1937a ). Oran : Oran ( Lucas 1846 ). Tlemcen : Maghnia (Marnia) ( Simon 1912 ). Tébessa : Oum Ali ( Simon 1885a ). Distribution: Northern Africa to Iran ,Southern Europe, Afghanistan .Introduced to USA , Mexico , Peru , Macaronesia, South Africa , India , China , Japan , Korea , Laos , Thailand , Australia , Hawaii ( World Spider Catalog 2024 ).