Benoitia lepida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) Agelena lepida deserta; Denis 1945: 54; Denis 1954: 322. Benoitia lepida; Alioua et al. 2016: 73; Boutmedjet et al. 2022: 103. Material examined: DHAYET BENDHAHOUA: Grazil, hand collecting, 3 ♀, 5.II.2022. EL GUERRARA: Aghzou, hand collectinghand collecting, 1 ♂, 26.I.2020; 3 ♀, 8.II.2020; 2 ♂, 3 ♀, 15.II.2020; 1 ♂, 11.III.2020; 2 ♂, 17.III.2020 Pitfall traps, 1 ♂, 26.I.2020; 1 ♂, 22.II.2020; 1 ♂, 3.III.2020. El Amied, hand collecting, 3 ♀, 31.I.2020; 1 ♀, 12.III.2020; 1 ♀, 1.IV.2020, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 17.III.2020. MANSOURA: Mansoura Kedima, pitfall traps, 1 ♂, 18.I.2015. SEBSEB: Oued Sebseb, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 7.III.2015. Previous records in Algeria: Known only from the Saharan part of the country: Biskra, Ghardaïa, El Meniaâ, In Salah and Tamenghasset (Denis 1945; Denis 1954; Alioua et al. 2016; Boutmedjet et al. 2022). Distribution: Spain, North Africa, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Yemen, Saudi-Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran (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 303, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13618579