Mygalomorph spiders from the Baja California Peninsula with the description of a new species of the trapdoor genus Eucteniza Ausserer (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae) of Baja California Sur, Mexico

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  Mygalomorph spiders from the Baja California Peninsula with the description of a new species of the trapdoor genus Eucteniza Ausserer (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Euctenizidae) of Baja California Sur, Mexico Abstract We provide an updated taxonomic checklist of mygalomorph spider species from the Baja California Peninsula (BCP), including new records. In addition, a new species of the trapdoor spider genus Eucteniza Ausserer, 1875 is described from the BCP. Eucteniza candiae sp. nov. is described from a xerophilous scrubland on the west coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico, and is known from a male holotype and a male paratype. This species represents the fourth species of the genus described from the state of Baja California Sur. Consequently, the diversity of Eucteniza in Mexico increases to sixteen known species, representing the highest diversity of the genus in North America. With the description of this new species, the mygalomorph spider fauna of the BCP increases to 17 specie...

New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part XI.

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New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part XI.

Abstract
New faunistic and taxonomic data are provided for 18 families of Iranian spiders. Four species, Cryptodrassus liyanicus Zamani & Marusik, sp. n. (♀, Bushehr Province; Gnaphosidae), Mesiotelus khorasanicus Zamani & Marusik, sp. n. (♂♀, Razavi Khorasan Province; Liocranidae), Nurscia minuscula Zamani & Marusik, sp. n. (♀, West Azerbaijan Province; Titanoecidae) and Talanites farsensis Zamani & Marusik, sp. n. (♀, Fars Province; Gnaphosidae), are described as new to science. Clubiona liachviana Mcheidze, 1997 stat. reval. (Clubionidae) is removed from the synonymy with C. alpicola Kulczyński, 1882 and is reported from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan for the first time; additionally, its previously unknown male is described. The genus Kishidaia Yaginuma, 1960 (Gnaphosidae) and a total of 10 species are recorded in Iran for the first time, and new provincial records are provided for 20 species. Two specimens from Iraq are also reported. Considering the results of this paper, the number of species of spiders known from Iran is increased to 980 species in 329 genera.

Zamani A, Esyunin S L, Mikhailov K G, Marusik Y M. New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part XI.. J. Insect Biodivers. Syst 2024; 10 (2) :285-309
URL: http://jibs.modares.ac.ir/article-36-73832-en.html