taxonID	type	description	language	source
03E3845303270A4B0DF408E5ACBDD0CF.taxon	discussion	Comment This genus currently comprises 14 species in six groups (sensu Zonstein 2018 b), all from Central Asia: northern Afghanistan, north-eastern Iran, Tajikistan, southern Turkmenistan, and eastern Uzbekistan.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E3845303270A4C0D4009FEAC0DD055.taxon	description	(Figures 1 – 18, 45, 47 – 48) Types ♂ holotype (ISEA, 001.9166) and 1 ♀ paratype (ISEA, 001.9167); TAJIKISTAN: Khatlon Region, Vakhsh Mt. Range, Gidzhovak Village, 38.1826 ° N, 69.3674 ° E, 1200 m, 2 May 2024, leg. A. A. Fomichev.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E3845303270A4C0D4009FEAC0DD055.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific epithet, a noun in apposition, refers to the type locality of the species.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E3845303270A4C0D4009FEAC0DD055.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The new species belongs to the incana group sensu Zonstein (2018 b), which currently comprises three species: Anemesia incana Zonstein, 2001; A. infumata Zonstein, 2018; and A. infuscata Zonstein, 2018. The male of A. gidzhovak sp. n. differs from those of the aforementioned three species by having a longer embolus that gently curves in its distal part, and the ratio of the embolus length to the width of the bulbal part of the palpal organ 1.7, whereas it is 1.3 in A. incana and A. infuscata, and 1.5 in A. infumata. Moreover, the embolus in the other three species is less distinctly bent (Figure 13, cf. Zonstein 2018 b, figs 215 – 223). The female differs from that of A. infumata by having distinctly globular spermathecal heads that are clearly wider than the corresponding spermathecal stalks (Figure 18, cf. Zonstein 2018 b, figs 255 – 257), from that of A. infuscata by having shorter, almost columnar stalks (these being noticeably longer and more strongly narrowing apically in A. infuscata; Figure 18, cf. Zonstein 2018 b, figs 258 – 265), and from that of A. incana by having less defined spermathecal heads (these being more developed and much wider than corresponding stalks in A. incana; Figure 18, cf. Zonstein 2018 b, figs 251 – 254).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E3845303270A4C0D4009FEAC0DD055.taxon	description	Description Male. Habitus as in Figure 2. Total length 16.5. Carapace 7.0 long, 6.1 wide. Sternum 3.3 long, 3.0 wide. Labium 0.6 long, 1.1 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances (Figure 3): AME 0.20 (0.33), ALE 0.36, PLE 0.26, PME 0.17, AME – AME 0.21 (0.11), ALE – AME 0.13 (0.10), ALE – PLE 0.11, PLE – PME 0.07, PME – PME 0.57. Cheliceral furrow with 8 pro- and 7 retromarginal teeth (Figure 7). Each maxilla with ca. 30 – 40 cuspules. Carapace, chelicerae, and labium brown. Maxillae, sternum, and leg coxae light brown (Figure 9). Palp: Fe – Pa brown, Ti – Ta light brown. Leg I: Fe – Ti brown, Mt – Ta orange-coloured. Legs II – IV: Fe – Pa brown, Ti light brown, Mt – Ta yellow. Dorsal side of abdomen yellow-grey, with longitudinal dark stripe medially and dark spots laterally. Ventral side of abdomen and book-lung covers yellow. Spinnerets pale yellow. Spination of palp and legs: palp: Fe d 3 p 1, Pa p 1, Ti p 5 r 4 v 5; leg I: Fe d 5 p 4 r 4, Pa p 1, Ti p 5 r 4 v 7, Mt d 1 p 3 r 1 v 6; leg II: Fe d 4 p 3 r 2, Pa p 2, Ti p 5 v 8, Mt p 3 r 2 v 7; leg III: Fe d 6 p 3 r 4, Pa d 1 p 3 r 2, Ti d 3 p 6 r 3 v 6, Mt d 3 p 6 r 3 v 8, Ta p 1; leg IV: Fe d 4 p 3 r 3, Pa p 1, Ti d 2 p 7 r 4 v 9, Mt d 2 p 6 r 3 v 11, Ta p 2. Distal megaspine on tibia I 1.5 × longer than metatarsus I wide. Measurements of palp and legs: palp: 11.85 (4.5, 2.35, 3.75, -, 1.25); leg I: 24.35 (7.15, 3.5, 5.4, 5.35, 2.95); leg II: 21.95 (6.55, 3.0, 4.65, 4.75, 3.0); leg III: 19.95 (5.6, 2.5, 3.6, 5.0, 3.25); leg IV: 25.15 (6.75, 2.5, 5.65, 6.75, 3.5). Spinnerets (Figure 5): PMS 0.5 long, 0.28 in diameter; PLS maximal diameter 0.68, length of its basal, medial and apical segments 1.25, 0.63, 0.58, respectively (total length 2.46). Palp as in Figures 11 – 16; bulbal part of palpal organ asymmetrically oval; embolus long and tapering, with a gentle but distinct curvature in its distal part. Female. Habitus as in Figure 1. Total length 22.3. Carapace 7.8 long, 6.7 wide. Sternum 4.0 long, 4.2 wide. Labium 1.25 long, 2.0 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances (Figure 4): AME 0.19 (0.27), ALE 0.39, PLE 0.29, PME 0.17, AME – AME 0.24 (0.11), ALE – AME 0.24 (0.20), ALE – PLE 0.16, PLE – PME 0.09, PME – PME 0.56. Cheliceral furrow with 7 pro- and 9 retromarginal teeth (Figure 8). Each maxilla with ca. 20 – 30 cuspules. Carapace, chelicerae, sternum, labium, maxillae, and leg coxae brown (Figure 10). Palps and legs brown on proximal segments, paler on distal segments. Abdomen dirty yellow, with indistinct grey dorsal pattern. Book-lung covers and spinnerets yellow. Spination of palp and legs: palp: Fe p 1, Pa d 1, Ti p 3 v 10, Ta p 1 v 2; leg I: Fe p 1, Ti v 4, Mt v 6; leg II: Fe p 1, Pa p 1, Ti p 2 v 4, Mt p 1 v 7; leg III: Pa p 3, Ti d 1 p 2 r 1 v 3, Mt d 1 p 7 r 3 v 9, Ta p 5; leg IV: Ti r 2 v 4, Mt p 2 r 2 v 15, Ta p 5 v 1. Measurements of palp and legs: palp: 12.65 (4.5, 2.4, 3.0, -, 2.75); leg I: 19.6 (6.2, 3.55, 4.05, 3.4, 2.4); leg II: 17.45 (5.4, 3.25, 3.45, 3.1, 2.25); leg III: 14.8 (4.45, 2.65, 2.5, 2.95, 2.25); leg IV: 20.25 (5.8, 3.0, 4.45, 4.3, 2.7). Spinnerets: PMS 0.75 long, 0.5 in diameter; PLS maximal diameter 1.13, length of basal, medial and apical segments 1.25, 0.63, 0.75, respectively (total length 2.63). Spermathecae as in Figures 17 – 18; stalks stout, only slightly narrowing apically; heads broadly oval; pore glands present on both parts. Habitat Grassland on loess hills (Figure 45).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E3845303270A4C0D4009FEAC0DD055.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known only from the type locality in the Khatlon Region of south-western Tajikistan (Figure 47).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E3845303200A4C0DC609A1AC59D383.taxon	discussion	Comments This genus currently comprises 58 species and has a highly disjunct distribution pattern: 50 species are known from the New World, four are known from the Mediterranean Region, and three are known from Central Asia. The type locality of one species, Ummidia armata (Ausserer, 1875), remains unknown (World Spider Catalog 2025).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E3845303210A400DA20986AC0DD67E.taxon	description	(Figures 19 – 28, 43 – 44,47 – 48) Types ♂ holotype (ISEA, 001.9168) and 1 ♂ paratype (ISEA, 001.9169); TAJIKISTAN: Khatlon Region, Panj Karatau Mt. Range, between Panj Village and Farkhor Village, 37.2754 ° N, 69.2469 ° E, 600 – 700 m, 29 – 30 April 2024, leg. A. A. Fomichev.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E3845303210A400DA20986AC0DD67E.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific epithet, a noun in the genitive case, is in honour of Roman V. Dudko (ISEA), a friend of the second author and a well-known Russian coleopterologist, who assisted in organising an expedition to the Khatlon Region of Tajikistan during which the types of this new species were collected.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E3845303210A400DA20986AC0DD67E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Besides Ummidia ferghanensis (Kroneberg, 1875), which is known only from a juvenile type specimen (World Spider Catalog 2025), the new species can be distinguished from other congeneric Asian species, ie U. gandjinoi (Andreeva, 1968) (Tajikistan) and U. mischi Zonstein, 2014 (Afghanistan), by a smaller number of labial cuspules, by spinose femora II – III, by a less strongly curved embolus, and by the bulbal part of the palpal organ having a distinct ventral bulge (VB) (Figure 28, cf. Zonstein 2018 a, figs 7, 9). For a list of differences between Asian species of Ummidia see Table 1.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E3845303210A400DA20986AC0DD67E.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype). Habitus as in Figures 19 – 20. Total length 15.0. Carapace 7.2 long, 6.6 wide. Sternum 4.0 long, 3.75 wide. Labium 1.0 long, 1.4 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.20 (0.33), ALE 0.31, PLE 0.26, PME 0.19, AME – AME 0.16 (0.10), ALE – AME 0.16 (0.11), ALE – PLE 0.24, PLE – PME 0.10, PME – PME 0.60. Cheliceral rastellum consisting of ca. 20 conical thorns, most of them on a common process. Cheliceral furrow with 5 pro- and 5 retromarginal teeth. Labium with 5 conical cuspules. Each maxilla with ca. 20 conical cuspules. Carapace and chelicerae black. Sternum mostly brown, darker anteriorly. Labium and maxillae dark brown. Leg coxae light brown. Coxae I – II darker than III – IV. Palp: Fe – Pa black; Ti – Ta dark brown. Legs I – II: Fe – Ti black, Mt – Ta brown. Legs III – IV dark brown, Mt – Ta lighter than other segments. Dorsal side of abdomen grey. Lateral and ventral sides of abdomen, book-lung covers and spinnerets yellow. Sternal sigilla confluent, indistinctly outlined. Palp aspinose. Spination of legs: I: Fe d 1, Pa p 8 r 2 v 3, Ti p 10, r 1 v 13, Mt p 1 r 2 v 6; II: Fe d 2, Pa p 8, Ti p 3 v 9, Mt p 1 r 3 v 5, Ta v 5; III: Fe d 1, Pa d 3 p 7 r 1, Ti d 6 p 5 r 4 v 2, Mt d 5 p 2 r 1 v 9, Ta v 14; IV: Mt p 6 v 8, Ta v 8. Ta and Mt I – II with entire, short, and dense scopula. Clavate dorsal trichobothria on Ta of palp (5), leg I (9), leg II (8), leg III (6), and leg IV (5). Paired tarsal claws I – IV with 1 large and acute proximal tooth; unpaired tarsal claws strongly curved, bare. Measurements of palp and legs: palp: 12.45 (4.95, 2.3, 3.6, -, 1.6); leg I: 15.95 (5.8, 2.7, 3.5, 2.7, 1.25); leg II: 14.15 (4.9, 2.5, 2.8, 2.6, 1.3); leg III: 13.55 (4.45, 2.35, 2.45, 2.7, 1.6); leg IV: 17.5 (5.6, 2.6, 3.35, 4.0, 1.95). Spinnerets: PMS 0.45 long, 0.25 in diameter; PLS maximal diameter 1.0, length of basal, medial and apical segments 0.68, 0.28, 0.25, respectively (total length 1.21); apical segment domed. Palp as in Figures 24 – 28; bulbal part of palpal organ oval, with a ventral bulge (VB) in lateral view; embolus long, tapering, slightly curved, arrow-shaped terminally. Female. Unknown. Variation Paratype male. Total length 16.3. Carapace 7.0 long, 6.8 wide. Sternum 4.0 long, 3.75 wide. Labium 1.13 long, 1.43 wide. Cheliceral rastellum consisting of ca. 25 – 30 thorns. Labium with 6 cuspules. Habitat Loess hills with rocky outcrops and pistachio (Pistacea vera) woodland (Figure 44).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E3845303210A400DA20986AC0DD67E.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known only from the type locality in the Khatlon Region of south-western Tajikistan (Figure 47).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E38453032C0A400DEF0FAEAEA7D111.taxon	discussion	Comments This genus currently comprises 68 species distributed from western Anatolia to eastern China; 28 species in four groups occur in Central Asia (Zonstein 2024).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E38453032C0A470D5008A4AC0DD418.taxon	description	(Figures 29 – 35, 44, 47 – 48)	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E38453032C0A470D5008A4AC0DD418.taxon	materials_examined	Type ♂ holotype (ISEA, 001.9170); TAJIKISTAN: Khatlon Region, Panj Karatau Mt. Range, between Panj Village and Farkhor Village, 37.2754 ° N, 69.2469 ° E, 600 – 700 m, 29 – 30 April 2024, leg. A. A. Fomichev.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E38453032C0A470D5008A4AC0DD418.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific epithet, a noun in apposition, refers to the type locality of the species.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E38453032C0A470D5008A4AC0DD418.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The new species belongs to the caudata group sensu Zonstein (2024). It differs from the three other species in this group in having a notably longer embolic tip (Figure 35, cf. Zonstein 2024, figs 379, 381, 383), in the shape of the subapical keel (Figure 34, cf. Zonstein 2024, figs 380, 382, 384), and in the distal part of the bulb having a distinct invagination at the dorsal surface in lateral view (with a smooth transition in other species of the caudata group; Figure 35, cf. Zonstein 2024, figs 379, 381, 383).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E38453032C0A470D5008A4AC0DD418.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype). Habitus as in Figures 29 – 30. Total length 12.5. Carapace 5.75 long, 4.9 wide. Sternum 2.8 long, 2.35 wide. Eye sizes: AME 0.14, ALE 0.19, PME 0.10, PLE 0.11. Each chelicera with 9 – 10 promarginal teeth and 2 mesobasal denticles. Each maxilla with 15 – 19 cuspules. Carapace, sternum, labium, and maxillae light brown. Chelicerae brown. Leg coxae light brown. Palps and legs brown, lighter distally. Dorsal side of abdomen yellow-grey, ventral side lighter. Book-lung covers yellow-brown. Spinnerets yellow. Spination of palp and legs: palp: Fe d 5 p 2 r 1, Pa p 1, Ti d 2 p 5 r 3 v 3; leg I: Fe d 3 p 3 r 2, Ti p 3 v 6, Mt v 2; leg II: Fe d 3 p 3, Pa p 1, Ti p 4 v 7, Mt p 1 v 6; leg III: Fe d 4 p 3 r 2, Pa p 2 r 1, Ti d 2 p 5 r 3 v 7, Mt d 4 p 4 r 2 v 8; leg IV: Fe d 4 p 3 r 2, Pa p 2 r 1, Ti d 2 p 3 r 4 v 8, Mt d 5 p 5 r 3 v 8. Measurements of palp and legs: palp: 8.15 (2.95, 1.85, 2.40, -, 0.95); leg I: 17.20 (4.60, 2.90, 3.85, 3.70, 2.15); leg II: 16.30 (4.40, 2.55, 3.70, 3.55, 2.10); leg III: 15.10 (4.00, 2.15, 3.00, 4.05, 1.90); leg IV: 19.55 (4.70, 2.50, 4.20, 5.75, 2.40). Palp as in Figures 31 – 35; bulbal part of palpal organ oval; conical part of embolus short, subapical part with distinct semicircular keel, apical part pointed, straight, and distaddirected in lateral view. Female. Unknown. Habitat Loess hills with rocky outcrops and pistachio (Pistacea vera) woodland (Figure 44).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E38453032C0A470D5008A4AC0DD418.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known only from the type locality in the Khatlon Region of south-western Tajikistan (Figure 47).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E38453032B0A5A0D490DABA990D1F5.taxon	description	(Figures 36 – 42, 46 – 48)	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E38453032B0A5A0D490DABA990D1F5.taxon	materials_examined	Type ♂ holotype (ZMUT); AFGHANISTAN: Nuristan Province, south-east of Kamdesh, 35.3952 ° N, 71.3703 ° E, 2400 – 2700 m, 29 May to 1 June 2022, leg. C. Reuter.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E38453032B0A5A0D490DABA990D1F5.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific epithet, a noun in the genitive case, is in honour of our colleague Sergei L. Zonstein, in recognition of his fundamental contributions to our knowledge of Central Asian Mygalomorphae.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E38453032B0A5A0D490DABA990D1F5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis The new species belongs to the concolor group sensu Zonstein (2024). It closely resembles R. ornatula Zonstein, 2024 from Tajikistan in the shape of the palpal organ. In the new species, it differs from that of R. ornatula in the ectal margin of the bulbal part and the conical part of the embolus forming an almost straight continuous line in lateral view (in R. ornatula bulbal part with slightly bulging ectal margin in lateral view; Figure 42, cf. Zonstein 2024, fig. 417), in the subapical part of the embolus being noticeably wider (in R. ornatula thinner), and in a shorter conical part of the embolus (in R. ornatula longer; Figure 42, cf. Zonstein 2024, figs 415, 416).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E38453032B0A5A0D490DABA990D1F5.taxon	description	Description Male (holotype). Habitus as in Figures 36 – 37. Total length 16.50. Carapace 6.80 long, 6.03 wide. Sternum 3.55 long, 2.85 wide. Eye sizes: AME: 0.21, ALE: 0.33, PME: 0.21, PLE: 0.19. Each chelicera with 9 promarginal teeth and 7 mesobasal denticles. Each maxilla with ca. 43 cuspules. Carapace reddish chestnut-brown; chelicerae dark chestnut-brown; sternum, labium, maxillae, palps, and legs yellowish brown. Abdomen pale beige, spinnerets slightly paler. Spination of palp and legs: palp: Fe d 6, Pa d 2, Ti p 6 d 4 r 3 v 4; leg I: Fe d 10, Pa p 1, Ti p 2 r 1 v 6; leg II: Fe p 4 d 2, Pa p 1, Ti p 3 v 8, Mt r 1 v 5; leg III: Fe d 8, Pa p 2 r 1, Ti p 3 d 3 r 3 6 v, Mt p 6 d 1 r 3 v 4; leg IV: Fe p 3 d 3 r 3, Pa p 2 r 1, Ti p 3 d 2 r 4 v 8, Mt p 3 d 4 r 4 v 9. Measurements of palp and legs: palp: 10.12 (4.00, 2.15, 3.12, -, 0.85); leg I: 22.37 (6.25, 3.78, 4.70, 4.89, 2.75); leg II: 20.92 (5.89, 3.21, 4.48, 4.61, 2.73); leg III: 18.41 (4.96, 2.63, 3.72, 4.74, 2.36); leg IV: 23.40 (6.08, 3.04, 4.86, 6.39, 3.03). Palp as in Figures 38 – 42; bulbal part of palpal organ semicircular in lateral view, globular in ventral view; conical part of embolus short, subapical and apical parts gently winding. Female. Unknown. Habitat Pine forest (Figure 46).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E38453032B0A5A0D490DABA990D1F5.taxon	discussion	Comment Recently, Zonstein (2024) described Raveniola afghana Zonstein, 2024, which also belongs to the concolor group, from female specimens collected in Bamyan Province and Wardak Province of central Afghanistan. It is possible that the male specimen described here is conspecific with these females, although it is unlikely because there is approximately 400 km of aerial distance between their collection sites. Collecting additional material of both sexes at these localities is necessary to confirm that two distinct species are present.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
03E38453032B0A5A0D490DABA990D1F5.taxon	distribution	Distribution Known only from the type locality in Nuristan Province of eastern Afghanistan (Figure 47).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Fomichev, Alexander A. (2025): Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16): 775-793, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686
