Research Article

Three New and Two Confirmed Records for the Iraqi Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae)

Volume: 5 Number: 2 December 31, 2021
  • Azhar Al-khazalı *
  • Fenik Hussen
  • Hamid Kachel
  • Noora Ismaıl
  • Ayoub Ahmed
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Three New and Two Confirmed Records for the Iraqi Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae)

Abstract

The Iraqi spider fauna includes several dozens of species described and reported mostly by local researchers but still there are considerable sampling gaps. For the first time in Iraq, Agelena orientalis C. L. Koch 1837 (Agelenidae), Oxyopes globifer Simon, 1876 (Oxyopidae), and Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757) (Philodromidae) are recorded. In addition, newly collected material of Bassaniodes tristrami (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Thomisidae) and Eusparassus mesopotamicus Moradmand & Jäger, 2012 (Sparassidae) are also presented. The characteristic features, habitus and copulatory organs of all species are presented here along with their geographic distribution.

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Thanks

We thank Alireza ZAMANI (University of Turku, Finland) for providing scientific advice and confirming the identity of species. We express our gratitude to the anonymous reviewers for their valuable scientific and technical notes.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Structural Biology

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2021

Submission Date

November 15, 2021

Acceptance Date

December 28, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 5 Number: 2

APA
Al-khazalı, A., Hussen, F., Kachel, H., Ismaıl, N., & Ahmed, A. (2021). Three New and Two Confirmed Records for the Iraqi Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae). Commagene Journal of Biology, 5(2), 204-207. https://doi.org/10.31594/commagene.1022862
AMA
1.Al-khazalı A, Hussen F, Kachel H, Ismaıl N, Ahmed A. Three New and Two Confirmed Records for the Iraqi Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae). Comm. J. Biol. 2021;5(2):204-207. doi:10.31594/commagene.1022862
Chicago
Al-khazalı, Azhar, Fenik Hussen, Hamid Kachel, Noora Ismaıl, and Ayoub Ahmed. 2021. “Three New and Two Confirmed Records for the Iraqi Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae)”. Commagene Journal of Biology 5 (2): 204-7. https://doi.org/10.31594/commagene.1022862.
EndNote
Al-khazalı A, Hussen F, Kachel H, Ismaıl N, Ahmed A (December 1, 2021) Three New and Two Confirmed Records for the Iraqi Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae). Commagene Journal of Biology 5 2 204–207.
IEEE
[1]A. Al-khazalı, F. Hussen, H. Kachel, N. Ismaıl, and A. Ahmed, “Three New and Two Confirmed Records for the Iraqi Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae)”, Comm. J. Biol., vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 204–207, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.31594/commagene.1022862.
ISNAD
Al-khazalı, Azhar - Hussen, Fenik - Kachel, Hamid - Ismaıl, Noora - Ahmed, Ayoub. “Three New and Two Confirmed Records for the Iraqi Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae)”. Commagene Journal of Biology 5/2 (December 1, 2021): 204-207. https://doi.org/10.31594/commagene.1022862.
JAMA
1.Al-khazalı A, Hussen F, Kachel H, Ismaıl N, Ahmed A. Three New and Two Confirmed Records for the Iraqi Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae). Comm. J. Biol. 2021;5:204–207.
MLA
Al-khazalı, Azhar, et al. “Three New and Two Confirmed Records for the Iraqi Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae)”. Commagene Journal of Biology, vol. 5, no. 2, Dec. 2021, pp. 204-7, doi:10.31594/commagene.1022862.
Vancouver
1.Azhar Al-khazalı, Fenik Hussen, Hamid Kachel, Noora Ismaıl, Ayoub Ahmed. Three New and Two Confirmed Records for the Iraqi Spider Fauna (Arachnida: Araneae). Comm. J. Biol. 2021 Dec. 1;5(2):204-7. doi:10.31594/commagene.1022862

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