The Haplodrassus species of the the Maghreb are revised. Six new species are described: H. dentifer Bosmans & Abrous, sp. n. (♂♀, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Spain), H. longivulva Bosmans & Hervé, sp. n. (♂♀, Algeria, Morocco), H. lyndae Abrous & Bosmans, sp. n. (♂♀, Algeria, Morocco, Spain), H. ovatus Bosmans & Hervé, sp. n. (Tunisia, Algeria), H. securifer Bosmans & Abrous, sp. n. (♂♀, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Belgium) and H. triangularis Bosmans, sp. n. (♂♀, Morocco, Tunisia). The following new synonyms are proposed. Drassus corticalis Lucas, 1846, syn. n. and Drassus similis C.L. Koch, 1866, syn. n. were found to be junior synonyms of Drassus rufipes Lucas, 1846. Drassus parvulus L. Koch 1882, Drassodes acrotirius Roewer, 1928, Drassodes seditiosus Caporiacco, 1928, Drassodes parvicorpus Roewer, 1951 and Haplodrassus maroccanus Denis, 1956 are junior synonyms of Drassus omissus O.P.-Cambridge, 1872 syn. n. and this species is transferred to Haplodrassus comb. n. (taken out of the synonymy with H. morosus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872, contra Levy, 2004). Drassodes nigroscriptus deminutus Simon, 1909 and Drassodes nigroscriptus Simon, 1909 are synonyms and the species is transferred to Haplodrassus comb. n. Haplodrassus isaevi Ponomarev & Tsvetkov, 2006 is a junior synonym of Haplodrassus orientalis (L. Koch), 1866 syn. n. comb. n. H. macellinus hebes (O.P.- Cambridge, 1874) is a synonym of Haplodrassus macellinus (Thorell, 1871) syn. n. Haplodrassus vignai Di Franco, 1996 is a synonym of H. macellinus (Thorell, 1871) (taken out of the synonymy of H. invalidus O.P.-Cambridge, 1872, contra Levy, 2004). H. gridellii Caporiacco, 1949 is taken out of the synonymy with H. pugnans (Simon, 1880) and synonymized with H. rufipes (Lucas, 1846) syn. n. (contra Levy, 2004). The following new combinations are proposed. Drassodes rhodanicus Simon, 1914 = Haplodrassus rhodanicus (Simon, 1914), comb. n. Drassus crassipes Lucas, 1846 = Haplodrassus crassipes (Lucas, 1846) comb. n. The following new status is proposed: Haplodrassus typhon (Simon, 1878) is removed from the synonymy of H. macellinus Thorel, 1871, is declared a valid species, a female lectotype is designated and the unknown male is described. Drassodes severus L. Koch, 1839 and Drassodes spinicrus Caporiacco, 1928 are declared nomina dubia. The female of H. rhodanicus is described for the first time, and the male illustrated for the first time. All Haplodrassus species occurring in the Maghreb are redescribed as well as Haplodrassus macellinus (Thorell, 1871), only occurring in S.W. Europe and deleted from the North African list. New distribution data and photos of other European Haplodrassus species are presented.

A survey of the members of the genus Clubiona Latreille, 1904 in the Maghreb is presented. The presence of Clubiona comta C. L. Koch, 1839, C. dinienis Simon, 1878, C. leucaspis Simon, 1932, C. phragmitis C. L. Koch 1843 and C. vegeta Simon, 1918 is confirmed. Clubiona pseudosimilis Mikhailov, 1990, from the eastern Mediterranean is new to Africa and Portugal. A specimen of C. neglecta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1862, cited from Morocco in the past, was misidentified and appears to be C. pseudoneglecta Wunderlich, 1994. The species is new to Algeria and Spain. Two new synonyms are revealed: Clubiona baborensis Denis, 1937 from Algeria = C. diniensis Simon, 1878 N. Syn. and Clubiona venusta Pavesi, 1880 from Tunisia = Selamia reticulata (Simon, 1870) N. Syn. Clubiona mandibularis Lucas, 1846 is considered a Nomen dubium. The comta group is redefined and the "genevensis subgroup" is elevated to species group, including two subgroups. A key and illustrations to the species of the genevensis group are presented and all the species occurring in the Maghreb are illustrated.

IUCN Red List Category (Northern Africa): LC. No change of status at the regional scale is proposed.Comments: The only species of Calopteryx recorded. In North Africa, C. haemorrhoidalis occupies fast flowing streams and rivers from high altitudes to sea-level (Samraoui & Corbet, 2000a). Relatively uncommon, the species was sampled at stations 3 and 4. LESTIDAE LESTINAELestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798) IUCN Red List Category (Northern Africa): Least Concern (LC). No change of status at the regional scale is proposed.Comments: The species is known to breed in lentic, often temporary, habitats (Utzeri et al., 1984). It aestivates as immature adults in wet forests at sea-level and in mountain forests (Samraoui, 2009). The species was locally abundant at Wadi Isser and only sampled at station 3. Samraoui, Weekers & Dumont, 2003 IUCN Red List Category (Northern Africa): DD. In the light of the new findings, we propose that the species be assessed as Near Threatened (NT) on the basis that its habitats in North Africa (temporary wetlands and mountain forests) are under severe anthropogenic pressures with a steep decline of known populations. Lestes numidicusComments: Locally abundant but the species was only captured at station 3. This species is known to aestivate at high altitudes before moving to lowlands in autumn to breed (Samraoui, 2009). It is endemic to Algeria and is assessed as Data Deficient (DD) by IUCN (Riservato et al., 2009;Samraoui et al., 2010).Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825) IUCN Red List Category (Northern Africa): LC. No change of status at the regional scale is proposed.Comments: The species breeds in both lotic and lentic habitats (Grand & Boudot, 2007) and it also aestivates in the adult stage in cool, moist habitats (Agüero-Pelegrin et al., 1999;Samraoui, 2009). The species was moderately abundant at all stations 3, 4 and 5. SYMPECMATINAESympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820) IUCN Red List Category (Northern Africa): LC. No change of status at the regional scale is proposed.Comments: Uncommon and limited to station 3. Another lestid that aestivates and hibernates at the adult stage (Samraoui, 2009). PLATYCNEMIDAE Platycnemis subdilatata Sélys, 1849IUCN Red List Category (Northern Africa): LC. No change of status at the regional scale is proposed.Comments: A Maghrebian endemic, locally abundant, and recorded at stations 3, 4, and 5. COENAGRIONIDAE COENAGRIONINAECoenagrion caerulescens (Fonscolombe, 1838) IUCN Red List Category (Northern Africa): LC. No change of status at the regional scale is proposed.Comments: Recorded in low numbers at stations 3 and 4.

Chréa National Park, one of the 11 national parks in Algeria, is natural and diverse but under different pressures: urbanisation, fires caused by the high flux of visitors. Several ecological and systematic studies have been conducted on the Araneae, the most important epigeal fauna, but no attention was given to the anthropogenic parcels of the Park. To assess the effects of urbanisation and fires on the ecology of this fauna, spiders were collected monthly for 2 years, using ‘Pitfall’ traps in three disturbed stations: burned, urbanised and reforested and three natural sites as control. In total, 1,476 specimens were sampled (19 families, 42 genera and 68 species). Zodarion algericum was the dominant species (13.25%), particularly in the burned station. Mann–Whitney U test showed a significant difference between urbanised and nonurbanised sites in contrast to other ones and no significant differences with the control. Our results show that fires transform the forest into a mosaic of habitats, with open gaps of different stages of succession. In addition, the reforestation of cedars without any agricultural practices has no negative effects on the Park. No loss of biodiversity was observed; this would encourage the restoration of the forest to protect its fauna and flora.

New data on the distribution of the genus Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833 in Mediterranean Europe and North Africa are given. Anyphaena alboirrorata Simon, 1878 is newly recorded in the Maghreb. The species was found in the Saharan and the Tell Atlas in Algeria, in one locality in Morocco and three localities in central north Tunisia. In addition, Anyphaena numida Simon, 1897 is presented as new to Morocco, together with a further record from Algeria and Tunisia. Supplementary material from Spain was examined and the data are also given. Anyphaena sabina L. Koch, 1866 is recorded for the first time in Algeria since records by Denis in 1937.