Cicileus derradji sp. nov., a new species from southern Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

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  Cicileus derradji sp. nov., a new species from southern Algeria (Scorpiones: Buthidae) Abstract A new scorpion species, Cicileus derradji sp. nov., is described from Tin Zaouatine District, In Guezzam Province, southern Algeria. The description is based on an adult male holotype, an adult female paratype and a juvenile specimen, and is supported by detailed morphological analyses, including colouration, morphometrics, carination patterns and trichobothrial arrangement. This discovery extends the known distribution of the genus Cicileus approximately 500 km southwestward within Algeria. With the addition of this species, the number of recognised species in the genus increases to six. The new species is compared with all previously known species of Cicileus , and detailed colour photographs, including images taken under ultraviolet illumination, are provided. Derradj, L., Aydın Yağmur, E., Benali, N., & Bikada, M. (2026). Cicileus derradji sp. nov., a new species from south...

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

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

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New faunistic and taxonomic data are provided for 18 families of Iranian spiders. Eleven species from eastern Iran are described as new to science: Cheiracanthium minusculum Zamani & Marusik, sp. nov. (♂; Sistan & Baluchistan), C. monstrum Zamani & Marusik, sp. nov. (♂♀; South Khorasan), C. sistani Zamani & Marusik, sp. nov. (♀; Sistan & Baluchistan) [Cheiracanthiidae], Cithaeron persicus Zamani & Marusik, sp. nov. (♀; Sistan & Baluchistan) [Cithaeronidae], Archaeodictyna longichela Zamani & Marusik, sp. nov. (♂♀; Sistan & Baluchistan), Devade miniatura Zamani & Marusik, sp. nov. (♀; Razavi Khorasan) [Dictynidae], Talanites sakastanicus Zamani & Marusik, sp. nov. (♀; Sistan & Baluchistan) [Gnaphosidae], Philodromus parvulus Zamani & Marusik, sp. nov. (♀; Sistan & Baluchistan), Rhysodromus tikhmenevi Zamani & Marusik, sp. nov. (♂; Sistan & Baluchistan) [Philodromidae], Steatoda pallens Zamani & Marusik, sp. nov. (♀; Sistan & Baluchistan) [Theridiidae] and Bassaniodes drangianus Zamani & Marusik, sp. nov. (♂♀; Sistan & Baluchistan) [Thomisidae]. The females of Trichothyse hamipalpis (Kroneberg, 1875) [Gnaphosidae] and Rhysodromus medes Zamani & Marusik, 2021 are described for the first time. A new combination, Rhysodromus latrophagus (Levy, 1999) comb. nov. (ex. Philodromus), is proposed. The subfamily Coelotinae, the genus Brignoliolus Ovtchinnikov, 1999 [both Agelenidae] and seven species are reported from Iran for the first time, and the Iranian record of Steatoda nobilis (Thorell, 1875) is rejected. Additionally, 52 new provincial records are provided for 47 species.

Zamani, A., Enayatnia, M., Mirshekar, A., Mayvan, M. M., Kováč, L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2025b). New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part XII. Zootaxa 5601(1): 1-45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5601.1.1