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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...

Leg Autotomy and Regeneration in Crab Spiders Ebrechtella tricuspidata (Araneae: Thomisidae)

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On fork-tailed crab spiders: Two new species of Sidymella Strand, 1942 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Ecuador

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Suitable habitats for Ebrechtella tricuspidata (Araneae, Thomisidae) in China under climate change: implications for biological control

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Crab spider vision improves their prey capture despite low visual system investment

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First record of a crab spider Xysticus crispabilis Song & Gao, 1996 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Japan with the first description of a female

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Photoreceptor physiology of two species of crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae)

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Evidence of Xysticus ulmi (Hahn) (Araneae: Thomisidae) Predation on Adult Cassida viridis Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

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A New Species of the Genus Ozyptila Simon, 1864 (Araneae: Thomisidae) From Türkiye

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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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On six poorly known species of Thomisidae (Arachnida: Araneae) described by Ludovico di Caporiacco

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New species and new records of Phrynarachne crab spiders (Araneae, Thomisidae) from Southeast Asia

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Taxonomic notes on the crab-spider genera Nyctimus Thorell, 1877 and Zametopina Simon, 1909 (Araneae, Thomisidae) with descriptions of six new species from Southeast Asia

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Taxonomic notes on Paratobias F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: updated diagnosis and a new species description (Araneae, Thomisidae, Stephanopinae)

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Three new species of crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Qizimeishan National Nature Reserve, China

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New findings on the genus Ozyptila Simon (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Turkey, with description of a new species

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Expanding the taxonomy of crab spiders (Araneae, Thomisidae) in Sumatra: a new genus, five new species, and regional records

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A master in disguise? The rediscovery of Misumena bicolor Simon, 1875 (Araneae: Thomisidae)

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On the identity and placement of Xysticus lendli Kulczyński, 1897 (Araneae, Thomisidae): an integrative approach

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Ocular and appendage anomalies in a Thomisus from India (Araneae: Thomisidae)

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