Lepthyphantes brevihamatus Bosmans, 1985

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Morocco. 2♂, 8♀, 7 juv.; Ifri Caid, Aït M’Hammed, Azilal; 28.VIII.1970, O. Escolá leg.; MZB 73-2904 • 1♀; same locality; 29.VIII.2013; J. Comas leg.; MZB 2014-7290 • 2♂, 4♀; same locality; 29.VIII.2013; L. Auroux leg.; MZB 2016- 0036 • 1♂, 1♀, 5 juv.; same locality; 3.IX.2013; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-0038 • 1♀, 1 juv.; same locality; 3.IX.2013; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-0039 • 16♀, 19 juv.; Ifri Bernat, Aït M’Hammed, Azilal; 25.IV.1984; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 73-2910 • 7♂, 7♀, 5 juv.; same locality; 28.IX.1985; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 73-2912 • 7♂, 8♀, 5 juv.; same locality; 1.X.1985; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 73-2913 • 1♂, 1♀; Ifri Nboutadarth, Tagleft, Azilal; 14.V .2004; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2004-0657 • 1♀; Ifri Bouyzem, Aglefth, Taglefth, Azilal; 20.IX.2016; F. Fadrique leg.; MZB 2016-4065 • 2♂, 1♀, 2 juv.; Ifri Bernat, Aït M’Hammed, Azilal; 24.VIII.1972; O. Escolá leg.; MZB 83-4001 .

DIAGNOSIS. — The characters indicated by Bosmans (1985) are especially useful. The male, although very close to that of L. longihamatus, can be easily distinguished by the shape of its suprategular process (simple and non-bifid); the paracymbium is strongly curled in its median part. The females can be distinguished more easily; the proscape is clearly rounded, without a median notch distally, and the strecher (distal part of the scape) is short and protrudes very little below. This species is clearly included in the “ afer group”.

DISTRIBUTION. — The holotype comes from the cave Ifri Bernat, Ait Mohammed, Azilal (Bosmans 1985) and has also been collected in the Ifri el Kaid cave (Tanasevitch 2014). Our data confirm the presence of this species in both localities and add two more cavities; all of them in the Azilal region, in the Moroccan high Atlas.