Filistata insidiatrix ( Forskal , 1775)

Marusik, Yuri M. & Zamani, Alireza, 2015, The spider family Filistatidae (Araneae) in Iran, ZooKeys 516, pp. 123-135 : 125

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Filistatidae

Filistata insidiatrix ( Forskal, 1775) Figs 1 c–d, 7

Filistata insidiatrix : Brignoli 1982: 68, f. 1-5 (♂♀); Ghahari and Marusik 2009: 4 (distribution record); Ghahari and Tabari 2012: 139 (distribution record); Marusik and Zonstein 2014: 200, f. 1-3, 7-8, 11-12, 15-16, 19-22, 25-27 (♂♀); Tabrizi et al. 2014: 30 (distribution record); Zamani 2015: 12 (distribution record).

Filistata insidiatrix For the complete list of taxonomic references see World Spider Catalog (2015).

Diagnosis.

This species differs from Filistata lehtineni by larger size, longer male palp, and larger receptacles (cf. Fig. 1 a–d).

Description.

Well-described by Brignoli (1982).

Records in Iran.

Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiary, Fars, Golestan, Isfahan, Kordestan, Mazandaran, Razavi Khorasan, Tehran.

Global distribution.

This species has the widest range within the entire family. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula to Turkmenistan and northeastern Iran ( Marusik and Zonstein 2014). The record of this species from Razavi Khorasan is the easternmost in its range.