Setaphis simplex (Simon, 1885) Echemus simplex; Simon 1885: 36. Zelotes stylus; Di Franco 1994: 214. Setaphis simplex; Platnick & Murphy 1996: 13; Bosmans & Janssen 1999: 88; Alioua et al. 2022: 167. Material examined: EL ATTEUF: Palm grove of El Atteuf, hand collecting, 2 ♂, 20.XI.2014; 1 ♂, 25.I.2015; 1 ♂, 5.II.2015; 2 ♂, 16.II.2015; 2 ♂, 25.II.2015; 1 ♂, 15.III.2015; 2 ♂, 25.III.2015; 2 ♂, 5.IV.2015; 1 ♂, 5.I.2023; 1 ♂, 5.II.2023; 1 ♀, 5.II.2023; 2 ♀, 15.III.2023; 1 ♂, 15.IV.2023, pitfall traps, 2 ♂, 6.III.2015; 2 ♂, 15.III.2015; 2 ♂, 25.III.2015; 1 ♂, 5.IV.2015; 1 ♀, 25.III.2023. MANSOURA: Mansoura Kedima, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 13.XII.2014; 1 ♀, 12.I.2015; 1 ♀, 17.I.2015; 1 ♀, 31.I.2015. Previous records in Algeria: Batna, Bordj Bou Arréridj, Chlef, Djelfa, El Meniaâ, Médea, M’sila, Tébessa, Tissemsilt, Tlemcen (Simon 1885; Di Franco 1994; Platnick & Murphy 1996; Bosmans & Janssen 1999, Alioua et al. 2022). Distribution: Morocco, 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 310, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13618579