An Afrotropic element at the north-western periphery of the Oriental Region: Pseudomicrommata mokranica sp. nov. (Araneae: Sparassidae)
: Majid Moradmand, Alireza Zamani, Peter Jäger
Publisher: Muséum d'histoire naturelle
: 2019
Revue Suisse de Zoologie
: REVUE SUISSE DE ZOOLOGIE
: REV SUISSE ZOOL
: 126
: 2
: 249
: 256
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: 0035-418X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3463459
: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/44228831
The surprising discovery of a new species of grass huntsman spider, Pseudomicrommata mokranica sp. nov. (male female), belonging to "the African clade", is reported and described from south-eastern Iran, more than 4000 km away from the nearest recorded locality of the genus in Kenya. Similar vicariant occurrences of other sparassid taxa in Africa and Asia are discussed.
Baluchistan, Iran, vicariance
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