Wadicosa fidelis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 ), 1954

Alioua, Youcef & Bosmans, Robert, 2024, Spiders of arid lands: The Ghardaïa region (Northern Sahara) with seven new records for Algeria, Zootaxa 5497 (3), pp. 301-336 : 316-317

Wadicosa fidelis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

Lycosa venatrix ; Lucas 1846: 116

Lycosa galerita ; Simon 1876: 269;

Pardosa venatrix : Simon 1899: 85; Denis 1954: 322.

Pardosa galerita ; Roewer 1959: 64.

Wadicosa fidelis ; Alioua et al. 2016: 37; Alioua et al. 2022: 167.

Material examined: BERRIANE: Balouh, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 6.II.2021; 7 ♂, 4 ♀, 7.II.2021; 1 ♂, 8.II.2021; 5 ♂, 5 ♀, 9.II.2021; 1 ♂, 11.II.2021; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 12.II.2021; 1 ♀, 13.II.2021; 1 ♀, 14.II.2021; 8 ♂, 6 ♀, 19.II.2021; 6 ♂, 5 ♀, 26.II.2021; 5 ♀, 5.III.2021; 1 ♀, 12.III.2021; 1 ♀, 19.III.2021; 2 ♀, 26.III.2021; 1 ♂, 5 ♀, 3.IV.2021; 1 ♀, 10.IV.2021; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 17.IV.2021; 3 ♂, 24.IV.2021; 5 ♂, 3 ♀, 26.IV.2021; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 30.IV.2021, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 12.II.2021; 2 ♂, 19.II.2021; 1 ♂, 26.II.2021; 2 ♀, 5.III.2021; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 12.III.2021; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 19.III.2021; 2 ♀, 17.IV.2021. Sidi Mbarek, hand collecting, 4 ♂, 6.II.2021; 3 ♂, 2 ♀, 8.II.2021; 1 ♀, 11.II.2021; 1 ♂, 18.II.2021; 1 ♂, 4 ♀, 25.II.2021; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 4.III.2021; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 11.III.2021; 3 ♂, 1 ♀, 18.III.2021; 2 ♂; 25.III.2021; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, 2.IV.2021; 1 ♀, 29.IV.2021, pitfall traps, 2 ♀; 25.III.2021; 1 ♂, 16.IV.2021; 2 ♂, 29.IV.2021. DHAYET BENDHAHOUA: Grazil, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 15.II.2022; Oumdjer, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 15.II.2022. EL ATTEUF: Palm grove of El Atteuf, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 20.XI.2015; 1 ♂, 5.II.2015, 3 ♂, 1 ♀, 15.III.2015; 1 ♂, 3 ♀, 25.III.2015; 6 ♀, 5.IV.2015; 1 ♀, 15.II.2023; 2 ♂, 4 ♀, 5.III.2023; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 15.III.2023; 1 ♀, 25.III.2023; 2 ♂, 5 ♀, 5.IV.2023; 6 ♂, 2 ♀, 15.IV.2023; 6 ♀, 25.IV.2023, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 6.III.2015; 4 ♂, 15.III.2015; 12 ♂, 2 ♀, 25.III.2015; 3 ♂, 5.IV.2015; 2 ♂, 18.IV.2015; 1 ♂, 5.III.2023; 3 ♀, 15.III.2023; 1 ♀, 25.III.2023; 4 ♂, 1 ♀, 5.IV.2023; 3 ♂, 4 ♀, 15.IV.2023; 4 ♂, 1 ♀, 25.IV.2023. GUERRARA:Aghzou, hand collecting, 11 ♂, 8 ♀, 26.I.2020; 3 ♂, 1 ♀, 31.I.2020; 17 ♂, 10 ♀, 8.II.2020; 3 ♂, 4 ♀, 15.II.2020; 19 ♂, 14 ♀, 22.II.2020; 23 ♂, 6 ♀, 3.III.2020; 2 ♀, 11.III.2020; 2 ♂, 7 ♀, 17.III.2020; 1 ♂, 8 ♀, 27.III.2020, pitfall traps, 4 ♂, 26.I.2020; 26 ♂, 2 ♀, 8.II.2020; 43 ♂, 3 ♀, 22.II.2020; 39 ♂, 6 ♀, 3.III.2020; 11 ♂, 4 ♀, 11.III.2020; 10 ♂, 17.III.2020; 5 ♂, 27.III.2020. El Amied, hand collecting, 67 ♂, 24 ♀, 7. II.2020; 11 ♀, 15.II.2020; 11 ♂, 4 ♀, 22.II.2020; 15 ♂, 1 ♀, 3.III.2020; 3 ♂, 4 ♀, 12.III.2020; 3 ♂, 4 ♀, 17.III.2020; 2 ♂, 6 ♀, 11.IV.2020, pitfall traps, 11 ♂, 7.II.2020; 8 ♂, 15.II.2020; 22 ♂, 3 ♀, 22.II.2020; 6 ♂, 3.III.2020; 11 ♂, 4 ♀, 12.III.2020. METLILI: Guemgouma, hand collecting, 1 ♂, 25.XI.2021. METLILI: Guemgouma, hand collecting, 1 ♂, 25.XII.2021; 1 ♂, 25.I.2022 ;; 6 ♂, 1 ♀, 5.II.2022; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 15.II.2022; 2 ♀, 25.II.2022; 5 ♂, 3 ♀, 5.III.2022; 2 ♂, 4 ♀, 15.III.2022; 4 ♂, 4 ♀, 25.III.2022, pitfall traps, 1 ♂, 5.II.2022; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 5.III.2022; 1 ♀, 5.III.2022; 3 ♀, 5.III.2022; Souareg, hand collecting, 1 ♂, 5.XII.2021; 1 ♂, 25.XII.2021; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 15.I.2022; 1 ♀, 25.I.2022; 5 ♂, 1 ♀, 5.II.2022; 3 ♂, 5.III.2022.

Previous records in Algeria: Alger ,, Biskra, El Meniaâ, In Salah, Laghouat, Oran, Tamenghasset ( Lucas 1846; Simon 1876; Simon 1899; Denis 1954; Roewer 1959; Alioua et al. 2016; Alioua et al. 2022).

Distribution: Macaronesia, North Africa, Southern Europe, Caucasus, Middle East, Central Asia, China, Japan, Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia (Sumatra) ( World Spider Catalog 2024).