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...

UNA ESPECIE NUEVA DE CENTRUROIDES (SCORPIONES: BUTHIDAE) DE GUANAJA, ISLAS DE LA BAHÍA, HONDURAS

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UNA ESPECIE NUEVA DE CENTRUROIDES (SCORPIONES: BUTHIDAE) DE GUANAJA, ISLAS DE LA BAHÍA, HONDURAS

Abstract 

Se describe una especie nueva del género Centruroides Marx, 1890, sobre la base de una hembra adulta recolectada en Isla Guanaja, departamento Islas de la Bahía, Honduras. Por su aspecto general en vista dorsal, fue previamente confundida con C. caribbeanus Teruel & Myers, 2017; pero, a diferencia de esta especie, presenta el metasoma más grácil, las manos de los pedipalpos con las quillas mejor definidas, los esternitos abdominales inmaculados (muy manchados de castaño oscuro en C. ca-ribbeanus) y el acúleo más corto. Esta es la tercera especie del género citada de Islas de la Bahía y el segundo escorpión endémi-co del área. A new species of Centruroides (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Guanaja, Islas de la Bahía, Honduras 
Abstract (ENG) 

A new species belonging to the species-group Centruroides gracilis is described from Guanaja Island, Islas de la Bahía, in the Honduran Caribbean, on the basis of an adult female. Because of its dorsal pattern it was misidentified as C. caribbeanus Teruel & Myers, 2017, from which it differs by having the metasomal segments more elongate, pedipalp hands with carinae more developed, sternites immaculate (profusely variegated with dark brown in C. caribbeanus) and a shorter aculeus. This is the third species of this genus recorded from the Islas de la Bahía archipelago and the second endemic scorpion known from the area.

De Armas, Luis & Cubas-Rodriguez, Alex. (2023). UNA ESPECIE NUEVA DE CENTRUROIDES (SCORPIONES: BUTHIDAE) DE GUANAJA, ISLAS DE LA BAHÍA, HONDURAS. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. 43. 81–85.  via ResearchGate