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Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan
Authors: Zamani, Alireza; Fomichev, Alexander A.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Publication year: 2025
Journal: Journal of Natural History
Journal name in source: Journal of Natural History
Volume: 59
Issue: 13-16
First page : 775
Last page: 793
ISSN: 0022-2933
eISSN: 1464-5262
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686(external)
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686(external)
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/491307457(external)
Four new species of mygalomorph spiders are described on the basis of material collected from south-western Tajikistan and eastern Afghanistan. These are: Anemesia gidzhovak sp. n. (male, female; Tajikistan) [Cyrtaucheniidae], Ummidia dudkoi sp. n. (male; Tajikistan) [Halonoproctidae], Raveniola farkhor sp. n. (male; Tajikistan), and Raveniola zonsteini sp. n. (male; Afghanistan) [Nemesiidae]. The diversity and distribution of mygalomorphs in Central Asia are briefly reviewed.
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Funding information in the publication:
The research of Alireza Zamani was supported by a grant from the Turku University Foundation (ID 081820). The work of Alexander A. Fomichev was funded by the state assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation [project FZMW-2023-0006 “Endemic, local and invasive arthropods (Arthropoda) of the mountains of South Siberia and Central Asia: a unique gene pool of a biodiversity hotspot”].
