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...

A new Alpiscorpius from İstanbul Province of Turkey (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae)

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A new Alpiscorpius from İstanbul Province of Turkey (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae)

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A new scorpion species, Alpiscorpius istanbulensis sp. n., from Istanbul Province, Turkey, is described based on morphological and molecular evidence, raising to 19 the Euscorpiinae species, including 12 related to the genus Alpiscorpius or phylogenetically close at it.

Tropea, G., Yağmur, E. A., & Parmakelis, A. (2024). A new Alpiscorpius from İstanbul Province of Turkey (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae). Biologia Serbica, 46. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13337532