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On a small collection of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iraq, with new species and records
Authors: Zamani Alireza, Marusik Yuri M.
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Publication year: 2022
Journal:Zoodiversity
Volume: 56
Issue: 4
First page : 291
Last page: 306
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/zoo2022.04.291
Web address : https://doi.org/10.15407/zoo2022.04.291
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/176219382
The results of an investigation on a small collection of spiders from Najaf Province in southern Iraq are reported. Four species are described: Hersiliola babylonica sp. n. (♂♀; Hersiliidae), Liocranoeca deserticola sp. n. (♂; Liocranidae), Talanites sumericus sp. n. (♀; Gnaphosidae) and Zelotes jakesi sp. n. (♀; Gnaphosidae). Two families (Liocranidae; Miturgidae), five genera (Evippa Simon, 1882; Heriaeus Simon, 1875; Liocranoeca Wunderlich, 1999; Prochora Simon, 1886; Talanites Simon, 1893) and five species (Enoplognatha gershomi Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999; Evippa amitaii Armiach Steinpress et al., 2021; Heriaeus buffoni (Audouin, 1826); Prochora lycosiformis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872); Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870) are recorded in Iraq for the first time; for E. gershomi, the epigyne is described for the first time, the male is redescribed and the species is newly reported also from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. 
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