Scotargus pilosus Simon, 1913

Zamani, Alireza, Darvishnia, Hamid & Marusik, Yuri M., 2023, New data on cave spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iran, with new species and records, Zootaxa 5361 (3), pp. 345-366 : 357-358

Scotargus pilosus Simon, 1913

Figs 11A–B , 12A–E , 13A–B

Scotargus pilosus Simon, 1913: 367 , fig. 2.

For a full list of references see the WSC (2023).

Material. IRAN: Kerman Province: 1♂ ( ZMUT), Torang Cave , 28°45'15.7"N, 56°49'10.0"E, 11.X.2016 (M.J. Malek-Hosseini, Y. Bakhshi) .

Distribution. This species is one of the most widespread among those found in Iranian caves. It has a Transpalaearctic range, from the Iberian Peninsula ( Nentwig et al. 2023) to the Russian Far East ( Mikhailov 2013). Both the species and genus are new to Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Habitus of Scotargus pilosus, male. A dorsal view; B prosoma, anterior view.

FIGURE 12. Male palp of Scotargus pilosus. A retrolateral view; B prolateral view; C ventral view; D Expanded bulb, prolateral view; E same, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 13. Expanded bulb of Scotargus pilosus. A ventral view; B dorsal view. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.