Latrodectus dahli Levi, 1959

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M., 2022, On A Small Collection Of Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) From Iraq, With New Species And Records, Zoodiversity 56 (4), pp. 291-306 : 303-305

Latrodectus dahli Levi, 1959

Latrodectus dahli: Levy, 1998: 108 , figs 198–202 ({,}); Knoflach & van Harten, 2002: 333, figs 3 , 12 –19 ({,}).

For complete list of taxonomic references see WSC (2022).

Material examined. 1}: Iraq: Najaf Province, Ash Shabakah camp, 150 km SW of Najaf, stone desert, [30°48' N 43°39' E], 260 m, 10.01.1997 (O. Jakeš) ( MMB) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Mediterranean to Tajikistan.

C o m m e n t. Previously recorded in Iraq from Basrah Province by Najim & AL-Hadlag (2020).

Family Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Genus Heriaeus Simon, 1875

Heriaeus buffoni (Audouin, 1826) ( fig. 13 , A–C)

Heriaeus buffonii: Loerbroks, 1983: 125 , figs 21, 73–76 ({,})

Heriaeus buffoni: Levy, 1985: 51 , figs 67–70 ({,}).

For complete list of taxonomic references see WSC (2022).

Material examined. 1}: Iraq: Najaf Province, Ash Shabakah camp, 150 km SW of Najaf, stone desert, [30°48' N 43°39' E], 260 m (O. Jakeš) ( MMB) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Canary Is., North Africa to Iran, north to Turkey.

Comment. This is the first record of the genus Heriaeus in Iraq.

Figures

Fig. 3. Male (A) and female (B–F) of Hersiliola babylonica sp. n.: A, B — habitus, dorsal view; C — vulva, anterodorsolateral view; D — intact epigyne, ventral view; E — macerated epigyne, ventral view; F — vulva, dorsal view. Abbrevi ations: Re — receptacle, Sb — septal base,Ss — septal stem, Wi — window.Scale bars = 0.2 mm, unless stated otherwise.

Fig. 12. Female (A–C) and male (D–E) of Enoplognatha gershomi: A–B — epigyne, ventral view; C — vulva, dorsal view; D — anterior region of prosoma, ventral view, E — chelicera, posterior view. A–C, E specimens from Turkmenistan (Kankakyr), D specimen from Iraq. Scale bars = 0.1 mm (A), 0.2 mm (D–E).

Fig. 13. Female of Heriaeus buffoni: A — habitus, dorsal view; B — vulva, dorsal view; C — epigyne, ventral view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm, unless stated otherwise.