Phalangium armatum Snegovaya, 2005

Phalangium savignyi Audouin, 1826: Snegovaya 1999: 455, figs 9–13 (misidentified); Snegovaya 2004: 313, figs 17–19.

Phalangium armatum Snegovaya, 2005: 22–26, figs 17–34; Snegovaya & Staręga 2011: 50; Snegovaya 2014: 4–5, figs 34–50, 128; Kurt et al. 2015: 127, 129, 131–134; Snegovaya et al. 2018: 76; Cokendolpher et al. 2019: 341.

Phalangium zuvandicum Snegovaya, 2005: 23, 26, figs 35–45 (synonymized by Snegovaya & Staręga 2011: 50).

Type localities. Azerbaijan, Lerik District, Zuvand, near Gosmalyan, ( Phalangium armatum); Azerbaijan, Lerik District, Zuvand, ca 6 km W of Gosmalyan ( Phalangium zuvandicum).

Material examined. IRAN: Kurdistan Province: 6 males, 3 females (RCNS), pass between Saquez and Bahne, 36°6’12.60“N, 46°1’27.58”E, 1750 m a.s.l. Denis Kasatkin leg. 20.5.2017 ; 4 males, 8 females (ZMMU), near Marivan City, Denis Kasatkin leg. 18.5.2017 . Zanjan Province: 1 male (RCNS), near Garavolkhane Village, Takhte-Soleyman District, S slope of Kuh-e-Belqeys, 36°36’38.2“N, 47°18’28.5”E, 2288 m a.s.l., Denis Kasatkin leg. 24.5.2017 .

Records from Iran. Kermanshah, West Azerbaijan (Snegovaya et al. 2018), Kurdistan, Zanjan (present paper).

Distribution. Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Iran.