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...

Further notes on the fossorial wolf spiders of Central Asia and the Near East (Aranei, Lycosidae)

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Further notes on the fossorial wolf spiders of Central Asia and the Near East (Aranei, Lycosidae)

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The paper presents new taxonomic-faunistic data on 25 species of the fossorial Lycosidae (Aranei) from Central Asia and the Near East. The lectotype male is designated for Tarentula fedotovi Charitonov, 1946. New combinations have been proposed for four species: Alopecosa nigriventris (Schmidt, 1895), comb.n., stat.n. (ex Lycosa), Asiacosa ambigua Denis, 1947, comb.n. (ex Arctosa), A. asiatica Sytshevskaja, 1980, comb.n. (ex Lycosa), and A. kulagini Spassky, 1941, comb.n. (ex Lycosa). One genus – Asiacosa gen.n. (Central Asia) – and 10 species are described as new to science: viz., Alopecosa darvaz sp.n. (♀; Tajikistan), A. pamirica sp.n. (♀; Tajikistan), A. safidorak sp.n. (♀; Tajikistan), A. zonsteini sp.n. (♂♀; Uzbekistan), Asiacosa babatagh sp.n. (♀; Uzbekistan), Karakumosa ferganensis sp.n. (♀; Uzbekistan), K. ovtchinnikovi sp.n. (♂♀; Uzbekistan), K. severtsovi sp.n. (♀; Tajikistan), Lycosa uzbekistanica sp.n. (♀; Uzbekistan), Zyuzicosa kvak sp.n. (♂♀; Tajikistan). The name Karakumosa golestanica Shafaie, Nadolny et Mirshamsi, 2022, syn.n. is synonymized with K. turanica Logunov et Ponomarev, 2020. The unknown male is described for Lycosa aragogi Nadolny et Zamani, 2017 from Iran.


Logunov, Dmitri. (2023). Further notes on the fossorial wolf spiders of Central Asia and the Near East (Aranei, Lycosidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 32. 475-512. 10.15298/arthsel.32.4.12. via ResearchGate and Journals of KMK