Nomisia castanea Dalmas, 1921 Nomisia castanea; Dalmas 1921: 284; Di Franco 1994: 196; Brague-Bouragba et al. 2007:937; Mansouri et al. 2019:5; Bouragba et al. 2020: 29; Chaib & Kherbouche-Abrous 2021: 132. Material examined: BERRIANE: Balouh, hand collecting, 3 ♀, 2.II.2021; 2 ♀, 12.II.2021; 4 ♀, 18.II.2021; 2 ♀, 5.III.2021; 1 ♀, 10.IV.2021; 2 ♀, 17.IV.2021; 3 ♀, 30.IV.2021, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 5.III.2021; 1 ♀, 12.III.2021; 1 ♀, 19.III.2021; 2 ♀, 25.III.2021; 1 ♀, 17.IV.2021. Sidi Mbarek, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 5.II.2021; 1 ♀, 6.II.2021; 1 ♀, 8.II.2021; 2 ♀, 11.II.2021; 2 ♀, 18.II.2021; 1 ♀, 25.II.2021; 1 ♀, 4.III.2021; 1 ♀, 11.III.2021; 1 ♀, 25.III.2021; 3 ♀, 23.IV.2021; 1 ♀, 29.IV.2021. DHAYET BENDHAHOUA: Grazil, hand collecting, 7 ♀, 5.XII.2021; 1 ♀, 15.XII.2021; 2 ♀, 26.XII.2021; 8 ♀, 5.I.2022; 3 ♀, 15.I.2022; 1 ♂, 15.II.2022; 1 ♂, 25.II.2022, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 26.XII.2021; Oumdjer, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 5.XII.2021. EL ATTEUF: Palm grove of El Atteuf, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 20.XI.2014; 2 ♀, 25.I.2015; 5 ♀, 5.II.2015; 6 ♀, 16.II.2015; 1 ♀, 25.II.2015; 4 ♀, 6.III.2015, 3 ♀, 25.III.2015; 13 ♀, 05.IV.2015; 3 ♀, 5.II.2023; 2 ♀, 15.II.2023; 8 ♀, 25.II.2023; 1 ♀, 5.III.2023; 4 ♀; 15.III.2023; 3 ♀, 25.III.2023, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 16.II.2015; 2 ♀, 15.III.2015, 4 ♀, 25.III.2015; 3 ♀, 05.IV.2015; 1 ♀, 5.II.2023; 2 ♀, 15.II.2023; 2 ♀, 25.II.2023; 1 ♀; 5.III.2023; 1 ♀, 25.III.2023. EL GUERRARA: El Amied, hand collecting, 2 ♀, 7.II.2020. METLILI: Souareg, hand collecting, 1 ♂, 25.XI.2021; 1 ♂, 5.XII.2021; 4 ♀, 5.III.2022; 4 ♀, 25.III.2022; Guemgouma, hand collecting, 2 ♀, 15.III.2022; 1 ♀, 25.III.2022, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 25.XII.2021; 1 ♀, 15.III.2022; 1 ♀, 25.III.2022. Previous records in Algeria: Sahari, Batna, Biskra, Blida, Bouira, Constantine, Djelfa, Naama, Saïda, Tissemsilt and Tlemcen (Dalmas 1921; Di Franco 1994; Brague-Bragba et al. 2007; Mansouri et al. 2019; Bouragba et al. 2020; Chaib & Kherbouche-Abrous 2021). Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia, Libya (World Spider Catalog 2024).

Published as part of Alioua, Youcef & Bosmans, Robert, 2024, Spiders of arid lands: The Ghardaïa region (Northern Sahara) with seven new records for Algeria, pp. 301-336 in Zootaxa 5497 (3) on page 308, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13618579