Title of article
Contribution to the distribution of spiders with significant medical importance (Araneae: Loxosceles and Latrodectus) in Iran, with a new record for the country
Author/Authors
Zamani، A نويسنده Department of Animal Biology, School of Biology and Centre of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran , , Mirshamsi، O نويسنده Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran , , Savoji، A نويسنده Ministry of Education and Training, Zone 6, Tehran, Iran , , Shahi، M نويسنده Research Centre for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Research and Technology, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran ,
Issue Information
دوفصلنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2014
Pages
10
From page
57
To page
66
Abstract
A faunistic review is given on the Iranian medically important spiders of two genera Loxosceles and Latrodectus. Latrodectus cinctus Blackwall, 1865 is reported for the first time from Iran (and for the second time from Asia) and is replaced with the previous erroneous reports of L. hasseltii Thorell, 1870. The following species are reported for the first time from the listed provinces: Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820) (Fars and Hormozgan Provinces), Latrodectus dahli Levi, 1959 (Hormozgan Province), L. pallidus O.P.-Cambridge, 1872 (Alborz and Semnan Provinces) and L. tredecimguttatus (Rossi, 1790) (Alborz, Qom, Semnan and Tehran Provinces). These data, together with L. geometricus C.L. Koch, 1841, already recorded from Khorasan-e-Razavi Province, raise the number of Latrodectus species present in Iran to five.
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics
Serial Year
2014
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics
Record number
1643152
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