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New locality records and future habitat suitability of Sassanidotus gracilis (Birula, 1900) (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in the Iran–Afghanistan–Pakistan arid belt

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  New locality records and future habitat suitability of Sassanidotus gracilis (Birula, 1900) (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in the Iran–Afghanistan–Pakistan arid belt Abstract This study reports new locality records from Iran and a climate-based habitat suitability assessment for Sassanidotus gracilis (Birula, 1900) (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in the Iran–Afghanistan–Pakistan arid belt. We document new specimens from Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, with an updated distribution map and illustrations, and we model the species' potential distribution across south-eastern Iran and adjacent parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Habitat suitability was associated mainly with precipitation seasonality, precipitation of the wettest month, precipitation of the driest month, and slope. In an arid setting these rainfall variables are unlikely to indicate a need for moist habitat; they more plausibly track seasonal productivity and the terrain features that provide shelter. Present-day suitable areas...

Khantao gen. nov., a new genus of Selenocosmiinae Simon, 1889 from western Yunnan of China (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae)

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Description and phylogenetic placement of Dorrigocosa, a new genus of Venoniinae (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Australia

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New Theraphosinae from Ecuador: description of five species (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae, Romopelma, and Homoeomma) with the establishment of a new genus

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On South American spiders previously misplaced in Psilochorus Simon (Araneae: Pholcidae), with the description of a new genus with a remarkable disjunct distribution

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A Deep Divergence in the Cold: Yagania, a New Genus of Ghost Spider from Isla de Los Estados, Argentina (Araneae: Anyphaenidae)

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A review of Idiommata Ausserer, 1871 (Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae), with the description of a related new genus and new species of giant Australian brush-footed spiders

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Egg-Carrying and Cheliceral Comb in Ibaloniinae Harvestmen From the Solomon Islands (Opiliones: Podoctidae)

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Erranticosa gen. nov.: a New Genus of Wolf Spiders from East Asia with Notes on its Separation from Lycosa and Hogna (Araneae Lycosidae: Lycosinae)

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Description of a new genus and species associated to the family Chaerilobuthidae Lourenço & Beigel, 2011 from Early Cretaceous Burmite (Chelicerata: Scorpiones)

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A new endemic genus of tarantula (Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae) from southern Peru

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The first known troglomorphic, eyeless spider wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): Troglopompilus miracaecatus gen. et sp. nov. from the Nullarbor Caves, Western Australia

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On a new genus of the fossorial wolf spiders from Middle Asia (Araneae, Lycosidae)

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A further study on the wolf spider genus Hippasa Simon, 1885 from East Asia, with the description of a genus (Araneae: Lycosidae)

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Osmooka, a new spider genus from Madagascar: a surprising relative of the Australian fauna (Araneae: Paraplectanoididae)

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A place for everything, and everything in its place: A new genus for the spiny Australian crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae)

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Shuqiangius gen. nov., a new genus of Oxyopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from China

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On the Identity of Some Taxa in the Tarantula Tribe Hapalopini, with Two Synonymies, and Description of Four New Genera and Three New Species (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

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Chicosa gen. nov. (Araneae, Lycosidae), a new genus of wolf spiders from East Asia

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Between cloud forests and museums: testing tarantula (Araneae: Theraphosidae) generic boundaries reveals a new montane genus from Ecuador and Colombia

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The new genus Magnacrus (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Ornithoctoninae) from Vietnam, with notes on Citharognathus hosei Pocock, 1895

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