N.M.S. El-Helbawy1*, G.M.E. Sallam1, M.F. Hassan2 and M.S. Nawar2
(1) Department of Fruit Tree Mites, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt; (2) Department of Zoology and Agriculture Nematology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. *Email address of the corresponding author: [email protected]
Received: 19/4/2023; Accepted: 4/3/2024
Arab Journal of Plant Protection, Volume 43, Issue 2, June 2025
Mogrus sahariensis Berland & Millot, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae) was identified to be present in Egypt in the Al Mansoureyah region, Giza governorate, in the litter under mango trees (Mangifera indica), grape vines (Vitis spp.) and mandarin orange trees (Citrus reticulate) during the period October 2018 to September 2019. Seven specimens, four females and three juveniles, were collected and identified. Descriptions, habitat, and collection data were recorded. This is the first report of Mogrus sahariensis in Egypt.
Araneae, Salticidae, Mogrus sahariensis, new record, Egypt.
https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001308