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

Posted by
  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...

Additions to the list of scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) intercepted as stowaways in the United Kingdom

Posted by

 


Additions to the list of scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) intercepted as stowaways in the United Kingdom

Abstract
Sherwood & Armas (2023) provided a comprehensive and up to-date list of scorpions detected as stowaways in the United Kingdom. Since that work, the senior author has received further enquiries which contribute a number of new records for the literature. Furthermore, it came to our attention through correspondence with colleagues that we ought to examine the press media for examples of further cases, although these of course are not part of the scientific literature and have not passed peer-review. Nonetheless, we have evaluated these records and found a number with photographs and other information which allow us to provide a family or genus-level identification, at the very least, and in some cases even a species-level identification. 

Sherwood, Danniella & De Armas, Luis & Tchilinguirian, Julien. (2024). Additions to the list of scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) intercepted as stowaways in the United Kingdom. 161. 3-5.