A new genus and ten new species of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iran

One new genus ( Sestakovaia gen. nov. ; Liocranidae) and 10 new species of five families of spiders are described from different provinces of Iran: Brigittea avicenna sp. nov. (♂♀, Alborz and Kurdistan provinces) (Dictynidae), Micaria atropatene sp. nov. (♂, East Azerbaijan Province), Zagrotes borna...

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Published in:ZooKeys 2021-08, Vol.1054 (5), p.95-126
Main Authors: Zamani, Alireza, Marusik, Yuri M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Araneae
Discovery and exploration
Faunistics & Distribution
Identification and classification
Iran
New combinations
New genera
New species
Spiders
Taxonomic revision
Taxonomy
Zoology
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Summary:One new genus ( Sestakovaia gen. nov. ; Liocranidae) and 10 new species of five families of spiders are described from different provinces of Iran: Brigittea avicenna sp. nov. (♂♀, Alborz and Kurdistan provinces) (Dictynidae), Micaria atropatene sp. nov. (♂, East Azerbaijan Province), Zagrotes borna sp. nov. (♂, Hormozgan Province), Z. parla sp. nov. (♂, Kerman Province) (Gnaphosidae), Sestakovaia hyrcania sp. nov. (♂, Golestan Province), Mesiotelus patricki sp. nov. (♂, Golestan Province) (Liocranidae), Palpimanus carmania sp. nov. (♂, Kerman Province), P. persicus sp. nov. (♂♀, Hormozgan Province) (Palpimanidae), Rhysodromus genoensis sp. nov. (♂, Hormozgan Province), and R. medes sp. nov. (♂, Hormozgan Province) (Philodromidae). Furthermore, Sestakovaia annulipes (Kulczyński, 1897), comb. nov. (ex. Mesiotelus ) and Zagrotes bifurcatus (Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021), comb. nov. (ex. Berinda ) are proposed as new combinations.
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.1054.70408