Notes on the Philodromidae (Araneae) of the United Arab Emirates

D.V. Logunov

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2011, 315(4): 441–451 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2011.315.4.441

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Abstract

The paper presents records of ten species of Philodromidae of the United Arab Emirates, all being new to the spider fauna of this country. One species, Halodromus vanharteni sp. nov. (male), is described as new to science. A new synonymy, Thanatus lesserti (Roewer, 1951) = T. nitidus Logunov et Kunt, 2010 syn. nov. is established. The male of T. setigerus is described for the first time. Two species – Thanatus saraevi Ponomarev, 2007 and T. lesserti (Roewer, 1951) – are reported from Iran for the first time.

Key words

United Arab Emirates, Iran, spiders, Araneae, Philodromidae, new species, new findings

Submitted September 11, 2011 · Accepted November 7, 2011 · Published December 23, 2011

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