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Distributional Notes on Three Wolf Spider Species (Araneae: Lycosidae) Recorded for the First Time in Diyala Province, Iraq

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  Distributional Notes on Three Wolf Spider Species (Araneae: Lycosidae) Recorded for the First Time in Diyala Province, Iraq Abstract This study presents new distributional data for three wolf spider species (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Diyala Province in eastern Iraq. Specimens were gathered from different districts and habitats between July 2025 and June 2026. The species Arctosa tbilisiensis Mcheidze, 1946, Lycosa piochardi Simon, 1876, and Wadicosa fidelis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) are recorded for the first time in Diyala, extending their known ranges within Iraq. The paper describes key diagnostic morphological features and includes information about the examined specimens and their local distributions. These findings improve knowledge of the distribution of Iraqi Lycosidae and reveal that Diyala Province, despite its habitat variety, remains insufficiently studied. The records serve as a valuable baseline for future taxonomic, faunistic, and ecological research on spiders i...

Morphological and molecular identification of the scorpion Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807), using COI and 12S rRNA genes from the Provinces of Dhi Qar and Wasit, Iraq

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Two New Species of the Genus Brignoliolus Ovtchinnikov, 1999 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Türkiye

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Multiple genetic lineages of the invasive brown widow spider (Araneae: Theridiidae) from inland areas in the Kanto region, Japan

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First description of the male of Troglocoelotes doul Lin & Li, 2024 (Araneae, Agelenidae, Coelotinae)

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Envenomation by a Razi’s Viper, Macrovipera razii (Serpentes: Viperidae) in Iran: A Neglected Public Health Threat, Report of Two Cases, and Clinical Implications

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First chance to see: New jumping-spider species from Batanta, Indonesia (Araneae, Salticidae, Euophryini)

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Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography Coupled to High-Throughput Venomics for Snake Venom Characterisation with Parallel Bioactivity Assessment

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Ziyuglycoside I Attenuates Deinagkistrodon acutus Venom–Induced Injury in Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells by Modulating PAR1–NLRP3–IL-1β Signaling

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Re-examination of the type materials of seven species of Plexippina (Araneae, Salticidae) from China

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Admission Point-of-Care D-Dimer for Identifying Haemostatic Envenomation After Snakebite: A Prospective Observational Study

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The impact of Centruroides tecomanus scorpion venom on cardiac function in rats during early envenomation

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Climatic and density-dependent drivers of population dynamics in a hazardous urban scorpion species over seven years

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Catalogue of the scorpions of Paraguay, with an illustrated key and biogeographical assessment (Arachnida: Scorpiones: Ananteridae, Bothriuridae, Buthidae)

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Joining the dark side: waterfall spiders in subterranean habitats, with the description of a new genus and two new species from Brazil (Araneae: Trechaleidae)

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A new species of Raveniola Zonstein, 1987 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) from Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China

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