A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
A new Pardosa species from northern Iran (Araneae, Lycosidae)
Authors: Shafaie S, Mirshamsi O, Aliabadian M, Moradmand M, Marusik YM
Publisher: MAGNOLIA PRESS
Publication year: 2018
Journal: Zootaxa
Journal name in source: ZOOTAXA
Journal acronym: ZOOTAXA
Volume: 4387
Issue: 2
First page : 350
Last page: 364
Number of pages: 15
ISSN: 1175-5326
eISSN: 1175-5334
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.6
Abstract
A study of Pardosa pontica (Thorell, 1875) in Iran indicates two distinct morphospecies. A detailed comparison of these morphospecies and types of P. pontica reveals that populations from Mazandaran, Golestan and North Khorasan Provinces of Iran and Balkan Welayaty of Turkmenistan belong to a newly described species, P. mirzakhaniae sp. n., and populations in western and easternmost Iran belong to P. pontica. Although the two morphospecies differ in colour, size and spination, no molecular differences in 16S rRNA and COI were detected.
A study of Pardosa pontica (Thorell, 1875) in Iran indicates two distinct morphospecies. A detailed comparison of these morphospecies and types of P. pontica reveals that populations from Mazandaran, Golestan and North Khorasan Provinces of Iran and Balkan Welayaty of Turkmenistan belong to a newly described species, P. mirzakhaniae sp. n., and populations in western and easternmost Iran belong to P. pontica. Although the two morphospecies differ in colour, size and spination, no molecular differences in 16S rRNA and COI were detected.
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