Clubiona phragmitis (C. L. Koch, 1843) (Figs 88–94; Map 5) Clubiona phragmitis C. L. Koch, 1843: 135, figs 846, 847 (♂♀ syntypes from Germany, Erlangen, not examined, depository unknown); Denis 1945: 54 (cit.). Diagnosis. Males are recognised by the RTA with two unequal, blunt processes and the hook-like embolus (Fig. 94), females by epigyne with four elongated structures visible in transparency (Figs 90, 91). Description. Last described by Kim & Lee (2014) and also excellently by Almquist (2006). Previous citations in the Maghreb. MOROCCO: Fès-Meknès: Timhadit (Denis 1945). New records. AFRICA: ALGERIA: Boumerdes: Réghaia, estuaryof Oued Réghaia, 25m, 1 ♀, in marshy area, 24. II.1986, R. Bosmans leg. (CRB). EUROPE: BELGIUM: Wallonia: Andenne, Réserve de Sclaigneaux, calcareous meadow, 1 ♀, pitfall, 06. IV.2012, P. Oger leg. (CPO); Flanders: Genk, De Maten, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, beating plants near pond, 13.VI.2014, P. Oger leg. (CPO). PORTUGAL: Faro: Barrage de Alcoutim, 1 subadult ♂ 2 ♀♀, marshy area below the dam, 18.II.2006, R. Bosmans leg. (CRB). SPAIN: Cordoba: Alcolea, 1 ♂, litter along Rio Guadalquir, 10.IV.1994, R. Bosmans leg. (CRB). Islas Baleares: Menorca: Cala n’Portel, 1 ♀, 27.IX.1970, D. J. Clark leg. (BMNH). Palencia: Fuentes de Nava, 1 ♂, pitfalls, 24.VI.1996, U. Stengele leg. (CRB). FRANCE: Bouches-du-Rhône: Aigues Mortes, 1 ♂, IV.1984, P. Poot leg. (CRB). Pyrénées-Orientales: Milas, dike along river Tet, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, in herbs, 6.VII.1991, R. Bosmans leg. (CRB). Vendée: Olonne, chemin de la Bernarderie, fixed dunes, 1♀, 15.VII.2013, P. Oger leg. (CPO). Ecology. C. phragmitis is a true wetland species. In the Maghreb it was only collected in the estuary of the Oued Réghaia near Alger. Distribution. C. phragmitis is rare in the Maghreb. It was cited only once in Morocco (Denis 1945) and is here recorded for the first time on the coast of Algeria. MAP 5. Records of Clubiona phragmitis C. L. Koch, 1843 and C. pseudosimilis Mikhailov, 1990 in the Maghreb.

Published as part of Bosmans, Robert, Henrard, Arnaud, Benhalima, Souâd & Kherbouche-Abrous, Ourida, 2017, The genus Clubiona Latreille, 1904 (Araneae: Clubionidae) in the Maghreb, with notes on the genevensis group and new records from the Mediterranean Region, pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 4353 (1) on pages 19-21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1064416