Survey of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in southwestern Iran, with new records




Amin Hosseinpour, Alireza Zamani, Kourosh Azizi, Mohammad Djaefar Moemenbellah-Fard, Aboozar Soltani

PublisherCentre for Biodiversity of Montenegro

2019

Ecologica Montenegrina

Ecologica Montenegrina

22

204

213

2337-0173

2336-9744

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/57480

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/44229034



Twenty-nine locations in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad Province in southwestern Iran were sampled for spiders (Araneae) in 2016–17 using different sampling methods (hand collection, pitfall traps, and aspirators). A total of 196 identifiable specimens were collected which represented 49 species belonging to 38 genera and 15 families. Six species, namely Cheiracanthium elegans Thorell, 1875 (Cheiracanthiidae), Cryptodrassus helvolus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Gnaphosidae), Enoplognatha macrochelis Levy & Amitai, 1981 (Theridiidae), Xysticus xerodermus Strand, 1913 (Thomisidae), Zelotes babunaensis (Drensky, 1929) and Z. potanini Schenkel, 1963 (both Gnaphosidae) had not been previously reported from Iran. Also, an additional number of 35 species represent new records for the province.


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