Marinarozelotes jaxartensis (Kroneberg, 1875)

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

Marinarozelotes jaxartensis (Kroneberg, 1875)

Figs 1C , 4C

Identification.

Platnick and Song (1986), Levy (1998)

Material.

IRAQ: Thi Qar Province: 2♀ (BNHM), Ur district , 31°01'42.5"N, 46°18'07.1"E, agricultural land, 31.3.2022 (G. A. A. Al-Yacoub) .

Distribution.

North Africa to the Caucasus, Iran, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia. Introduced to Hawaii, USA, Mexico, South Africa, India, China, Japan.

Comment.

In Iraq, it was previously reported from Baghdad Province ( Baker and Ali 2020).

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 4. Ventral view of epigynes (B, C, D) and dorsal view of vulvae (A, E) of gnaphosids. A. Haplodrassus dalmatensis (L. Koch, 1866); B. Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958; C. Marinarozelotes jaxartensis (Kroneberg, 1875); D, E. Zelotes fagei Denis, 1955.