Oecobius nadiae (Spassky, 1936)

Zamani, Alireza & Bosselaers, Jan, 2020, The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, European Journal of Taxonomy 726, pp. 38-58 : 42-44

Oecobius nadiae (Spassky, 1936)

Fig. 3B

Uroctea nadiae – Denis 1958: 112.

Oecobius afghanicus – Kullmann & Zimmermann 1976: 42, figs 1–3, 6–9, 12–13 (♂, ♀).

Oecobius nadiae – Mikhailov & Fet 1994: 503. — Zamani et al. 2015: 342; 2018: 192. — Sadeghi et al. 2016: 6. — Zamani 2016: 82.

Material examined

AFGHANISTAN • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Kabul Province, Kabul; 34°31′ N, 69°29′ E; 3 Aug. 1975; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG • 3 ♀♀, 2 juvs; Wardak Province, NNE of Ghazni; 33°45′ N, 68°34′ E; 12 Aug. 1975; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG .

Distribution

Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, China ( World Spider Catalog 2020).

Records in Iran

North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, South Khorasan, Tehran and Zanjan Provinces ( Zamani et al. 2015, 2018; Zamani 2016; Sadeghi et al. 2016) ( Fig. 1 ).

Records in Afghanistan

Kabul ( Denis 1958; Kullmann & Zimmermann 1976; this paper) and Wardak (this paper) Provinces ( Fig. 1 ).

Records in Turkmenistan

Ahal, Balkan, Mary and Labap Regions ( Mikhailov & Fet 1994) ( Fig. 1 ).

Figures

Fig. 3. Live habitus and tent web of oecobiids. A. Oecobius ferdowsii Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2017, ♀. B. Oecobius nadiae (Spassky, 1936), ♀. C. Oecobius putus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876, ♂. D. Uroctea thaleri Rheims, Santos & van Harten, 2007, juvenile. E. Uroctea grossa Roewer, 1960, ♀. F. Tent web of Uroctea grossa. A–C, E–F by Alireza Zamani; D courtesy of Mahmoud Kolnegari.

Fig. 1. Distribution of Oecobius Lucas, 1846 in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. yellow circles = O. cellariorum (Duges, 1836; pink stars = O. fahimii Zamani & Marusik, 2018; blue squares = O. ferdowsii Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2017; cyan triangle = O. ilamensis Zamani, Mirshamsi & Marusik, 2017; green hexagons = O. nadiae (Spassky, 1936); red triangles = O. putus O. Pickard- Cambridge, 1876; black diamonds = O. tadzhikus Andreeva & Tyschchenko, 1969.