Hogna effera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

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 : 298-303

Hogna effera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

Hogna effera: Logunov, 2020: 355 , figs 30–43 ({,}).

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

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. 1}: Iraq: Najaf Province, Ash Shabakah camp, 150 km SW of Najaf, stone desert,

[30°48' N 43°39' E], 260 m, 10.01.1972 (O. Jakeš) ( MMB) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. East Mediterranean to Iran, south to Yemen.

Comment. Previously recorded in Iraq from Dhi Qar Province by Al-Khazali (2020) (sub H. radiata ; misidentified per Zamani et al., 2020).

Family Miturgidae Simon, 1886

Genus Prochora Simon, 1886

Prochora lycosiformis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) ( fig. 7 , A–B)

Prochora lycosiformis: Wunderlich, 2011: 116 , figs 13 –15 ({,}); Boucherit et al., 2020: 65, fig. 4a–k ({,}).

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

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. 1}: Iraq: Najaf Province, Ash Shabakah camp, 150 km SW of Najaf, stone desert,

[30°48' N 43°39' E], 260 m, 10.01.1972 (O. Jakeš) ( MMB) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Algeria, Italy (mainland, Sicily), Israel, Iran.

Comment. This is the first record of Miturgidae in Iraq.

Family Philodromidae Thorell, 1870

Genus Thanatus C. L. Koch, 1837

Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 ( fig. 8 , A–C)

Thanatus vulgaris: Logunov, 1996: 196 , figs 194–197, 204–206 ({,}); Logunov, 2011: 449, figs 21–22 ({,}); Kastrygina & Kovblyuk, 2013: 251, figs 7 , 11 , 22, 30, 38, 47, 56, 61 ({,}).

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, 11.07.1978 (O. Jakeš) ( MMB) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Trans-Palaearctic. Introduced to North America, South Africa and Australia.

C o m m e n t. New record for Iraq.

Family Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Genus Artema Walckenaer, 1837

Artema doriae (Thorell, 1881)

Artema doriae: Aharon et al., 2017: 30 , figs 90–120, 205, 212 ({,}).

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. Turkey to Afghanistan, south to United Arab Emirates. Introduced to Japan.

Comment. Previously recorded in Iraq from Basrah and Dhi Qar provinces by AlKhazali & Najim (2018).

Family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Genus Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880

Enoplognatha gershomi Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999 ( figs 9 , A–F; 10 , A–G; 11 , A–F; 12 , A–E)

Enoplognatha gershomi: Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999: 231 , figs 118–120 ({).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. 1 {: Iraq: Najaf Province, Ash Shabakah camp, 150 km SW of Najaf, stone desert, [30°48' N 43°39' E], 260 m, 15.01.1999 (O. Jakeš) ( MMB) . 2 {, 1}: Turkmenistan: Mary Province, Badkhyz Plateau, Kyzyldzhar , 17.02– 12.03.1978 (V. A. Krivokhatsky) ( ZISP) ; 2 {, 1}: Balkan Province, Krasnovodsk , under stones, 21– 24.01.1981, 1 juv. (K. G. Mikhailov) ( ZMMU) ; 2 {: Daşoguz Province, Kankakyr , takyr, 13.04.1985 (O. S. Soyunov) ( ZMMU) .

E m e n d e d d i a g n o s i s. Enoplognatha gershomi is similar to E. iraqi Najim, Al-Hadlak & Seyyar, 2015 by having similar male palp and epigyne. The male differs by thicker chelicera with 2 small denticles on the large tooth (vs. lacking denticles) (cf. figs 11 , D–E; 12 , D–E and Najim et al., 2015: fig. 4 , B), and the different shape of conductor (cf. fig. 10 , A, D and Najim et al., 2015: fig. 3 , B). The female differs by shorter receptacles and longer span of copulatory ducts (almost as wide as span of receptacle vs. shorter) (cf. figs 12 , B–C and Najim et al., 2015: fig. 3 , C–D).

Description. Male. Habitus as in fig. 9 , A–C, F. Total length 3.00. Carapace 1.25 long, 0.98 wide. Eye sizes: AME: 0.08, ALE: 0.09, PME: 0.08, PLE: 0.08. Carapace, sternum, chelicerae, labium and maxillae light reddish brown; carapace with faint radial markings. Chelicerae with 2 teeth, the basal one very large and bearing 2 additional denticles ( figs 11 , D–E; 12 , D–E). Legs slightly lighter than carapace, without annulations. Abdomen beige, with faint cardiac mark and sparse long setae, ventrally mottled with white spots. Spinnerets uniformly light beige. Measurements of legs: I: 4.38 (1.28, 0.50, 1.13, 0.94, 0.53), II: 3.60 (1.08, 0.43, 0.87, 0.73, 0.49), III: 3.23 (0.90, 0.40, 0.72, 0.73, 0.48), IV: 4.50 (1.29, 0.46, 1.12, 1.00, 0.63).

Palps as in figs 10 , A–G; 11 , A–C, F; tibia 1.3–1.6 times longer than wide; bulb ca. 1.1 time longer than wide; radix (sensu Levi, 1957) as long as conductor; median apophysis as long as radix (in ventral view); embolus thick, about as long as bulb's width.

Female. Habitus as in fig. 9 , D–E. Epigyne as in fig. 12 , A–C; fovea distinct, with arched anterior margin; fovea ca. 1.5 times less wide than receptacles; copulatory ducts almost straight and span almost to width of receptacles; endogyne as wide as long.

view; C — same, prolateral view; D–E — chelicera, posterior view; F — palp, retrolateral view.

Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Israel ( Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999), south Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan (A. Gromov & Y. M. Marusik, unpublished data), Turkmenistan and Iraq (current data).

Comment. New records for Iraq, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The male specimens collected across the whole range are very variable in the body size and chelicera, but also to a lesser degree in the size of palps (cf. fig. 11, D and 11 , E; fig. 11, A and 11 , B). The material from Central Asia listed above were previously studied by YMM and Alexander V. Gromov; although we were not able to re-examine them for the present paper, we have included the previously unpublished illustrations made by YMM.

Figures

Fig. 7. Epigyne of Prochora lycosiformis: A — ventral view; B — dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.

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.

Fig. 4. Male palp of Hersiliola babylonica sp. n.: A — ventral view; B — retrolateral view; C — prolateral view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.

Fig. 8. Female of Thanatus vulgaris: A — habitus, dorsal view; B — epigyne, ventral view; C — vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.2 mm, unless stated otherwise.

Fig. 11. Male of Enoplognatha gershomi from Turkmenistan (Kankakyr): A–B — palp, ventral

Fig. 9. Male (A–C, F) and female (D–E) of Enoplognatha gershomi: A–B, D — habitus, dorsal view; C, E — same, ventral view; F — same, lateral view. Scale bars = 2 mm, unless stated otherwise. A specimen from Iraq, B–F specimens from Turkmenistan (Kankakyr).

Fig. 10. Male palp of Enoplognatha gershomi: A, D — ventral view; B, E — retrolateral view; C, F — prolateral view, G — apical portion, dorsoprolateral view. A–C specimen from Iraq, D–G specimen from Turkmenistan (Kankakyr). Scale bars = 0.2 mm.

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. 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.