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A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Afghanistan

Authors: Sajadi, Samin Sadat; Wesal, Mohammad Wasil; Zamani, Alireza; Moradmand, Majid

Publisher: Magnolia Press

Publication year: 2024

Journal: Zootaxa

Journal name in source: Zootaxa

Volume: 5551

Issue: 1

First page : 1

Last page: 50

ISSN: 1175-5326

eISSN: 1175-5334

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5551.1.1

Web address : https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5551.1.1

Abstract

An annotated checklist of the spiders of Afghanistan, comprising 253 species in 134 genera and 32 families, is provided. The list includes 96 and 13 currently considered endemic and subendemic species, respectively. A separate list of rejected records is also presented.

Funding information in the publication:
The research of Alireza Zamani was supported by a grant from the Turku University Foundation (ID 081820). The research of Majid Moradmand was supported by the Alexander von Humbold Foundation and Trier University.