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...

First record of the spider genus Diphya Nicolet 1849 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) and new species from northern Peru

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First record of the spider genus Diphya Nicolet 1849 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) and new species from northern Peru

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Spiders of the genus Diphya (Nicolet) are characterized by having tibiae-tarsi I and II with stiff, curved prolateral setae. Currently, the genus comprises 21 species, six of which are recorded from America: the type species and three others from southern Chile (one also recorded in Argentina), one from Ecuador, and one from Brazil. Ba-sed on males and females collected in a montane forest in Cañaris, Lambayeque, northern Peru, a new species of Diphya, D. muchik sp. nov., is diagnosed, described, and illustrated. This represents the first record of the genus in Peru.

Dávila, D. S., & Mendieta-Yañez, S. (2025). First record of the spider genus diphya nicolet 1849 (araneae, tetragnathidae) and new species from northern peru. [Primer registro del género de arañas Diphya Nicolet 1849 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) y una nueva especie del norte de Perú] Revista Peruana De Biologia, 32(3), 1-8. doi:https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v32i3.31498