Odontodrassus aravaensis Levy, 1999

Zamani, Alireza, Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A. Ali & Abdullah Najim, Shurooq, 2022, New data on Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Iraq, Evolutionary Systematics 6 (2), pp. 143-150 : 143

Odontodrassus aravaensis Levy, 1999

Figs 1D , 2B , 3A

Identification.

Levy (1999).

Material.

IRAQ: Thi Qar Province: 2♂ (BNHM), Ur district , 31°01'42.5"N, 46°18'07.1"E, agricultural land, 16.7.2021 (G. A. A. Al-Yacoub) .

Distribution.

Previously known from Egypt and Israel.

Comment.

New record for Iraq, with the current material representing the easternmost record of the species across its known range.

Figures

Figure 1. Habitus of male (A, D, E) and female (B, C, F) gnaphosids, dorsal view. A, B. Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958; C. Marinarozelotes jaxartensis (Kroneberg, 1875); D. Odontodrassus aravaensis Levy, 1999; E. Pterotricha dalmasi Fage, 1929; F. Pterotricha kovblyuki Zamani & Marusik, 2018.

Figure 2. Male palps of gnaphosids, ventral view. A. Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958; B. Odontodrassus aravaensis Levy, 1999; C. Odontodrassus mundulus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872); D. Pterotricha dalmasi Fage, 1929.

Figure 3. Male palps of gnaphosids, retrolateral view. A. Odontodrassus aravaensis Levy, 1999; B. Odontodrassus mundulus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872); C. Pterotricha dalmasi Fage, 1929; D. Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958.