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

By

Zamani, Alireza
Marusik, Yuri M.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1054

Pages

95--126

Subjects

Middle East , new combination , Sestakovaia , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.70408

 

Abstract

One new genus (Sestakovaiagen. nov.; Liocranidae) and 10 new species of five families of spiders are described from different provinces of Iran: Brigittea avicennasp. nov. (♂♀, Alborz and Kurdistan provinces) (Dictynidae), Micaria atropatenesp. nov. (♂, East Azerbaijan Province), Zagrotes bornasp. nov. (♂, Hormozgan Province), Z. parlasp. nov. (♂, Kerman Province) (Gnaphosidae), Sestakovaia hyrcaniasp. nov. (♂, Golestan Province), Mesiotelus patrickisp. nov. (♂, Golestan Province) (Liocranidae), Palpimanus carmaniasp. nov. (♂, Kerman Province), P. persicussp. nov. (♂♀, Hormozgan Province) (Palpimanidae), Rhysodromus genoensissp. nov. (♂, Hormozgan Province), and R. medessp. 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.