New widow spider record of Latrodectus dahli Levi (Araneae: Theridiidae) extends known range in Northern Saudi Arabia

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  Image Credit: iNaturalist Photo 400937400, (c) Kian, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kian, https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/400937400 New widow spider record of Latrodectus dahli Levi (Araneae: Theridiidae) extends known range in Northern Saudi Arabia ABSTRACT Researchers have documented the first confirmed occurrence of Dahl’s widow spider ( Latrodectus dahli vn Saudi Arabia’s Ha’il Region, extending the species’ known range into the country’s north. The finding fills an important gap in the spider’s Middle Eastern distribution and highlights how even medically important species remain under-documented in parts of the Arabian Peninsula. L. dahli Levi is a medically significant widow spider that is found in North Africa, Cyprus, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Middle East, Iran and Central Asia. Prior to our work, there had been no records of it in northern Saudi Arabia although it had been found in central regions of Saudi Arabia such as Al Duwadimi, Riyadh and ...

A NEW SPECIES OF HAHNIA (ARANEAE, HAHNIIDAE) FROM BULGARIA AND CRIMEAN PENINSULA CLOSE TO H. NAVA

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A NEW SPECIES OF HAHNIA (ARANEAE, HAHNIIDAE) FROM BULGARIA AND CRIMEAN PENINSULA CLOSE TO H. NAVA

A New Species of Hahnia (Araneae, Hahniidae) from Bulgaria and Crimean Peninsula close to H. nava. Indzhov, S. — Hahnia kovblyuki sp. n. is described from forest habitats in Western Bulgaria and compared to its closest species, H. nava (Blackwall, 1841), using morphology and simple morphometry. Previous records of H. nava from Crimea are formally re-assigned to H. kovblyuki sp. n., and issues in the taxonomy of the Hahnia nava complex are briefly discussed.

Indzhov, S. (2026). A new species of Hahnia (Araneae, Hahniidae) from Bulgaria and Crimean Peninsula close to H. nava. Zoodiversity 60(3): 215-224. doi: 10.15407/zoo2026.03.215