On a Small Collection of Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iraq, with New Species and Records

Zamani, Alireza; Marusik, Yuri M.

doi:10.15407/zoo2022.04.291

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“…The family is still studied very poorly in Iraq compared to neighboring countries: in Iran, there are 71 species; in Turkey, 91;and in Israel, 27 (Zamani et al, 2022 a;Danışman et al, 2023;Zonstein & Marusik, 2013). Zamani & El-Hennawy (2016) reported the presence of only 4 species of Lycosidae in a pre-Zoodiversity, 57(5):383-390, 2023 liminary list of spiders in Iraq; after that Fomichev et al (2018) added new records from this family and stated that the total number of species recorded in Iraq is nine. Al-Khazali (2020) recorded the genus Hogna for the first time in the country.…”

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A New Record and а Taxonomic Review with Checklist of Wolf Spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) from Iraq

Ali Al-Yacoub,

Najim

2023

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The material in the present study was collected from two agricultural regions in Thi-Qar and Basrah Provinces, southern Iraq. Pardosa roscai (Roewer, 1951) was recorded for the first time from Thi Qar Province in Iraq. А list of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Iraq is presented. In addition, a map of the areas, with a taxonomic review and confirmation of five species of wolf spiders is given, with photographs of palp and epigyne of several species, which were not published in previous studies.

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A New Record and а Taxonomic Review with Checklist of Wolf Spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) from Iraq

Ali Al-Yacoub,

Najim

2023

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An updated and annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iraq

AL-KHAZALI,

KACHEL,

ZAMANI

et al. 2023

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An updated and annotated checklist of the spiders of Iraq, currently comprising 104 species in 75 genera and 29 families is presented, including six endemic and four subendemic species. Twenty-three records are considered misidentifications and therefore omitted from the checklist. Where possible, the misidentified records are attributed to other species based on their distribution and morphology; as a result of this, three species are recorded in Iraq for the first time: Dictis striatipes L. Koch, 1872 (Scytodidae), Hippasa deserticola Simon, 1889 (Lycosidae) and Latrodectus cinctus Blackwall, 1865 (Theridiidae). The history of studies and the geographical distribution of records are reviewed and discussed. The list is dominated by members of the families Gnaphosidae, Lycosidae, and Salticidae, comprising 15.4%, 13.5% and 10.6% of the total number of species, respectively.

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New taxonomic and faunistic data on Liocranidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of West Palaearctic), with nine new species of Mesiotelus Simon, 1897

ZAMANI,

FOMICHEV,

NAUMOVA

et al. 2024

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New taxonomic data and distribution records on liocranid spiders in the West Palaearctic are provided. Nine species of Mesiotelus Simon, 1897 are described as new to science: M. alanyensis Zamani, Fomichev, Kaya & Marusik, sp. nov. (female; Türkiye), M. bosmansi Zamani, Fomichev & Marusik, sp. nov. (female; Türkiye), M. confusus Zamani, Fomichev, Naumova & Marusik, sp. nov. (male, female; Bulgaria, Greece, Türkiye), M. damavandicus Zamani, Fomichev & Marusik, sp. nov. (female; Iran), M. kravetsi Fomichev, Zamani & Marusik, sp. nov. (male; Russia: Dagestan), M. mediterraneus Zamani, Fomichev & Marusik, sp. nov. (female; Türkiye), M. sistanus Zamani, Fomichev & Marusik, sp. nov. (female; Iran), M. tadzhikus Zamani, Fomichev & Marusik, sp. nov. (female; Tajikistan), and M. turanicus Zamani, Fomichev & Marusik, sp. nov. (female; Tajikistan). Due to the misidentification of the first specimen described as the male of M. scopensis Drensky, 1935, all records of this species from Bulgaria, Greece, and Türkiye in fact belong to a different species, which is described here as M. confusus sp. nov. Considering the revised definition of M. scopensis, M. deltshevi Naumova, 2020 syn. n. and M. caucasicus Zamani & Marusik, 2021 syn. n. are proposed as its junior synonyms, and to ensure nomenclatural stability, a neotype is designated for it. The previously unknown females of Agroeca angirasu Zamani & Marusik, 2021 and M. patricki Zamani & Marusik, 2021 are described. The nomen Mesiotelus mersinensis Demircan Aksan, 2023 is here declared to be unavailable. The following species are newly recorded from the listed countries: A. angirasu from Azerbaijan, M. scopensis from Azerbaijan and Georgia, and M. cyprius Kulczyński, 1908 from Türkiye. Three of the previous Iranian records of M. scopensis Drensky, 1935 and the Iranian and Turkmen records of M. kulczynskii Charitonov, 1946 are found to be based on misidentifications. Additionally, the vulva of Sestakovaia annulipes (Kulczyński, 1897) is illustrated for the first time.

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On a Small Collection of Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iraq, with New Species and Records

Cited by 6 publications

References 21 publications

A New Record and а Taxonomic Review with Checklist of Wolf Spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) from Iraq

A New Record and а Taxonomic Review with Checklist of Wolf Spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) from Iraq

An updated and annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iraq

New taxonomic and faunistic data on Liocranidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of West Palaearctic), with nine new species of Mesiotelus Simon, 1897

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