Genus Pax Levy, 1990

Type species.

Habronestes libani Simon, 1873 from Lebanon.

Comments.

This is a small genus with seven species distributed exclusively in the Middle East from Turkey and Israel to Iran (including the two new species described below, representing the first record of this genus in this country). Members of this genus can be easily distinguished from all other zodariids found in the study area by the ovoid carapace lacking a distinct separation between the cephalic and thoracic parts and also by males having a modified cymbium.