Uroctea thaleri Rheims, Santos & van Harten, 2007

Zamani, Alireza & Bosselaers, Jan, 2020, The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, European Journal of Taxonomy 726, pp. 38-58 : 52-54

Uroctea thaleri Rheims, Santos & van Harten, 2007

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Uroctea sp . indet. a. – Baum 1972: 113, figs 11–13 (♀, per Rheims et al. 2007: 67).

Uroctea limbata – Zamani 2015: 14. — Sadeghi et al. 2016: 6 (misidentifications).

Material examined

IRAN • 1 ♂, 2 juv.; Fars Province, Shiraz ; 1990; K. Elmi leg.; ZMMU • 1 ♂; Hormozgan Province, Minab County; Feb. 2018; A. Zamani leg.; MHNG • 1 ♂; Ilam Province, Dehloran, Zarrinabad District ; Jul. 2018; A. Zamani leg.; MHNG • 1 ♂; Lorestan Province, Dizgaran ; 33°43′ N, 47°00′ E; 25 Jun. 1974; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG • 1 juv.; Lorestan Province, Veisian ; 33°29′ N, 48°04′ E; 8 Sep. 1975; A. Senglet; MHNG • 1 subadult ♂; Lorestan Province, Pol-e Dokhtar ; 33°10′ N, 47°44′ E; 17 May 1974; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG • 1 ♀; Mazandaran Province, Ghaemshahr , rice fields; Sep. 2005; H. Ghahari leg.; ZMMU .

Distribution

Turkey, Israel, Iran, Yemen, India ( World Spider Catalog 2020).

Records in Iran

Ilam, Khuzestan, Razavi Khorasan, Semnan ( Baum 1972; Hosseini et al. 2014; Zamani 2015; Namaghi et al. 2016; Zamani & Mozaffarian 2017), Fars, Hormozgan, Lorestan and Mazandaran (this paper) Provinces ( Fig. 2 ).

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. 4. Leg spination schematics. A. Legend. B. Uroctea hashemitorum Bosselaers, 1999, holotype, ♂ (RBINS). C. Uroctea durandi (Latreille, 1809), ♂ from Spain, Catalonia, Empordà (CJB-3992). D. Uroctea durandi, ♀ from Spain, Catalonia, Empordà (CJB-2198). E. Uroctea thaleri Rheims, Santos & van Harten, 2007, ♂ from Hormozgan Province, Minab County (MHNG). F. Uroctea grossa Roewer, 1960, ♂ from Sistan and Baluchistan Province, surroundings of Taftan volcano (MHNG). G. Uroctea grossa, holotype, ♀ (GNM-A497). H. Uroctea gambronica sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (NMP- P6j-180/2002).

Fig. 6. Abdominal patterns, dorsal views. A–D. Uroctea grossa Roewer, 1960. A–B. ♀♀ from Iran, Damavand County, Havir village (MHNG). C. ♀ from Mazandaran Province, Larijan (MHNG). D. ♂ from Mazandaran Province, Larijan (MHNG). E. Uroctea gambronica sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (NMP-P6j-180/2002). F. Uroctea thaleri Rheims, Santos & van Harten, 2007, ♂ from Hormozgan Province, Minab County (MHNG). Scale bars = 2 mm.

Fig. 7. Left male palps. A–C. Uroctea grossa Roewer, 1960, ♂ from Sistan and Baluchistan Province, surroundings of Taftan volcano (MHNG). D–F. Uroctea gambronica sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (NMP- P6j-180/2002). G. Uroctea thaleri Rheims, Santos & van Harten, 2007, ♂ from Hormozgan Province, Minab County (MHNG). A, D, G = prolateral view; B, E = ventral view; C, F = retrolateral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 2. Distribution of Uroctea Dufour, 1820 in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. red circles = U. grossa Roewer, 1960; yellow circles = U. thaleri Rheims, Santos & van Harten, 2007; blue circle = U. gambronica sp. nov.