A new species of Eresus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Eresidae) from Iraq




Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A. Ali; Al-Budeiri, Ahmed S. Mohammed; Zamani, Alireza

PublisherBritish Arachnological Society

2025

Arachnology

20

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31

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2050-9928

2050-9936

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2024.20.1.31

https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2024.20.1.31



A new species of velvet spider (Araneae: Eresidae), Eresus urus sp. n., is described based on specimens of both sexes collected in Thi-Qar Province, southern Iraq. The description, diagnosis, digital photographs and a distribution map are provided.



The research of Alireza Zamani was supported by a grant from the Turku University Foundation (ID 081820).


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