Agraecina hodna n. sp.

(Figs 21-24)

Type material: Holotype male, 4 male 1 female paratypes and from Algeria, M’sila, Chott el Hodna, S. Baniou in pitfalls in salt land with Limonium, 30.VII. 1988, R. Bosmans leg. (deposited in IRSNB, except for 2 male paratypes in CRB) .

Diagnosis: Closely related to Agraecina cristiani Georgescu and A. canariensis Wunderlich, but males clearly differing by the broad base of the median apophysis, females by the well-defined median septum and the oblique spermathecae not touching in the middle.

Description-.

Measurements: Male: Total length 3.1-4.6; carapace 1,44-2.04 long 0.98-1.64 wide. Female: Total length 6.2; carapace 2.78 long, 2.19 wide.

Colour: As in the preceding species,

palp (Figs. 21-22): Tibial apophysis strongly pointed in the axe of the segment, long and narrow, terminally curved upwards; median apophysis with broad base, towards the tip suddenly narrowing into a distinct hook; embolus distinctly pointed, tip surrounded by a large membrane.

Epigyne (Fig. 23): With well-defined, median septum, narrowing posteriorly, laterally accompanied by the spermathecae visible in transparency.

Vulva (Fig. 24): With pockets situated at antero-median side of septum; copulation wide and straight; spermathecae relatively wide, not touching in the middle.

Material examined'.

Algeria - M’sila: Aïn-el-Hadjel, réserve de Mergueb,l male in pitfalls in dense grassland, 22.VI.1990, R. Bosmans leg. (CRB) .

Distribution: Only known from the region of the steppe region in Algeria.