Genus Limnesia Koch, 1836

Limnesia kochi Smit & Peši ć, 2010 (Fig. 1A–E)

Material examined. Iran, Kerman Province, Manoojan City, Kandoti dam, pool of stream, 27°21'N 57°42'E, May 2010, leg. Etemadi 3/4/1 (1/0/0 mounted).

Remarks. This species was previously known only from Oman. Due to the location of the Glandula Limnesiae near the anterior margin of Cx-III and the ventral setal tubercle of P-2 located far anteriorly (Fig. 1D), Limnesia kochi can be distinguished from other members of the genus (Smit & Pešić 2010). In addition to the measurements, we give some figures of the male specimen from the Kerman province, including the first illustration of the ejaculatory complex (Fig. 1B). Male. Idiosoma L/W 590/444; dorsal posterior platelet 52 in diameter; genital field L/W 119/108; palp (n=2) total L 341–347, dL and %L (in parentheses): P-1, 19– 21 (5.5–6.2); P-2, 97–99 (28.5); P-3, 69–71 (20.2–20.5); P-4, 115–119 (33.7–34.3); P-5, 39 (11.2–11.4); L of I-L-4–6: 80, 91, 97; L of IV-L-5–6: 135, 134; IV-L-6 distal seta L 97.

Deutonymph. The deutonymph collected together with the adults are provisionally assigned to L. kochi . Idiosoma L/W 350/278; provisional genital field with two pairs of Ac; palp (Fig. 1E): total L 205, dL: P-1, 13 (6.3); P-2, 57 (27.8); P-3, 39 (19.0); P-4, 70 (34.1); P-5, 26 (12.7); P-2 with ventral tubercle located far anteriorly, without peg-like seta; L of I-L-4–6: 49, 57, 69; L of IV-L-5–6: 83, 83; IV-L-6 has only one long seta, L 78.

Distribution. Oman. New for Iran.