Agelenini occurring in Iran and Tajikistan are reviewed. As a
result, four new genera are established: Persiscape gen. n., to include
P. caspica sp. n. (♂♀, Mazandaran, northern Iran), P. ecbatana sp. n.
(♂♀, Hamedan, western Iran), P. nassirkhanii sp. n. (♂, Lorestan,
southwestern Iran), P. zagrosensis sp. n. (♂, Ilam, western Iran), P.
caucasica (Guseinov, Marusik & Koponen, 2005) comb. n. (♀, Greece,
Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan), P. gideoni (Levy, 1996) comb. n. (♂♀,
Turkey to Israel, Iran), and P. levyi (Guseinov, Marusik & Koponen,
2005) comb. n. (♂♀, Azerbaijan) (all three comb. n. ex. Agelescape).
Extreme morphological variation occurs in the copulatory organs of
females of this genus leading us to synonymize Agelescape dunini
Guseinov, Marusik & Koponen, 2005 syn. n. (♂♀, Azerbaijan) with P.
gideoni and A. talyshica Guseinov, Marusik &Koponen, 2005 syn. n.
(♀, Azerbaijan) with P. levyi, recorded in Iran for the first time.
Agelescape Levy, 1996 is redefined to include only two species: A.
livida (Simon, 1875) and A. affinis (Kulczyński, 1911); Gorbiscape gen.
n., to include G. gorbachevi sp. n. (♂♀, Dushanbe, Khatlon, western
Tajikistan) and G. agelenoides (Walckenaer, 1841) comb. n. (♂♀, Western
Mediterranean, ex. Agelena); Asiascape gen. n., to include A. parthica
sp. n. (♂♀, Golestan, North Khorasan, northeastern Iran); Persilena gen.
n., to include P. sengleti sp. n. (♀, Ilam, western Iran). In addition,
Agelena tadzhika Andreeva, 1976 (♂♀, Tajikistan and northern Ciscaspian
region) is transferred to Benoitia Lehtinen, 1967 (= Benoitia tadzhika
(Andreeva, 1976) comb. n.).