19) Dysdera afghana Denis, 1958 *

Records: Kabul: [Kab7]; Kandahar: [Kan2].

Distribution: Afghanistan.

References:

Dysdera afghana Denis, 1958: 83 .

Dysdera crocata: Roewer 1960b: 36 (♀; in part, as per Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988: 236).

Dysdera afghana: Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988: 234, fig. 311 (removed from synonymy with D. zarudnyi, contra Dunin 1985: 116).

Dysdera? afghana: Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988: 236, figs 312–313 (♀).

Comments: The material reported by Roewer (1960b) as D. crocata was collected in Badghis, Bamyan, Ghazni, Herat, Kabul, and Farah. These specimens were later re-examined by Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman (1988), who identified them as D. afghana and D. zarudnyi . However, they also noted that the labels lacked precise localities; therefore, the provinces herein mentioned in “Records” are only those reported by Denis (1958).