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Spiders of Jordan: A preliminary Study

Year 2021, , 1 - 11, 22.02.2021
https://doi.org/10.26650/tjbc.2021822162

Abstract

In this study, 67 genera within 27 families of spiders are listed, including 37 and 36 identified to the species and the generic levels respectively. A total of 33 species were recorded for the first time in Jordan.

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  • Bosmans, R., Kherbouche-Abrous, O., Benhalima, S. & Hervé, C. (2018). The genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 in the Mediterranean and the Maghreb in particular (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa, 4451(1): 1-67.
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  • El-Hennawy, H. K. (1991). Stegodyphus pacificus Pocock, 1900 (Araneida: Eresidae). A new record from Jordan. Serket, 2: 93-94.
  • El-Hennawy, H. K. (2006). White widow, Latrodectus pallidus (Araneida: Theridiidae), in Jordan and Egypt. Serket, 10: 29-34.
  • El-Hennawy, H. K. (2011). Oecobius cellariorum found squashed inside the Holy Koran in Jordan. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society, 122: 4-5.
  • El-Hennawy, H. K. (2017). A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket, 15: 167-183. Fomichev, A. A., Marusik, Y. M. & Koponen, S. (2018). New data on spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iraq. Zoology in the Middle East, 64: 329-339.
  • Gallon, R. C., Gabriel, R. & Tansley, G. (2012). A new Chaetopelma species from the Eastern Mediterranean (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society, 27:128-139.
  • Guadanucci, J. P. L & Gallon, R. C. (2008). A revision of the spider genera Chaetopelma Ausserer 1871 and Nesiergus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). Zootaxa, 1753: 34-48.
  • Huber, B. A. (2020). Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa, 4726: 1-94.
  • Jocqué, R. (1991). A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 201: 1-160.
  • Levy, G. (1992). The spider genera Palaestina, Trygetus, Zodarion and Ranops (Araneae, Zodariidae) in Israel with annotations on species of the Middle East. Israel Journal of Zoology, 38: 67-110.
  • Levy, G. (1995). Revision of the spider subfamily Gnaphosinae in Israel (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Journal of Natural History, 29: 919-981.
  • Levy, G. (2007). Calommata (Atypidae) and new spider species (Araneae) from Israel. Zootaxa, 1551: 1-30.
  • Logunov, D. V. (2015). Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta, 24: 33-85.
  • Pavesi, P. (1895). Aracnidi. In: Viaggio del Dott E. Festa in Palestina, nel Libano e regioni vicine. Bollettino dell'Istituto e museo di zoologia della Università di Torino, 10: 1-11.
  • Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1872). General list of the spiders of Palestine and Syria, with descriptions of numerous new species, and characters of two new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 40: 212-354.
  • Prószyński, J. (2003). Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant. Annales Zoologici (Warszawa), 53: 1-180.
  • Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Gloor, D., Hänggi, A. & Kropf, C. (2020). Spiders of Europe. Version 2020. Online at https://www.araneae.nmbe.ch, accessed on 10.8.2020. https://doi.org/10.24436/1
  • Strand, E. (1915). Dritte Mitteilung über Spinnen aus Palästina, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. J. Aharoni. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 81(A): 134–171.
  • Tanasevitch, A. V. (2011). On linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from the Eastern and Central Mediterranean kept at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva. Revue Suisse De Zoologie, 118: 49-91.
  • Wunderlich, J. (1995). Beschreibung der Speispinne Scytodes kinzelbachi n. sp. aus Jordanien (Arachnida: Araneae: Scytodidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie, 4(1994): 621-623.
  • Zamani, A., Mirshamsi, O., Marusik, Y. M. & Moradmand, M. (2020). The Checklist of the Spiders of Iran. Version 2018. www.spiders.ir. Downloaded on 20.9.2020.
  • Zonstein, S. L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2013). Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Israel. Zootaxa, 3671: 1–127.
  • Zonstein, S. L., Marusik, Y. M. & Omelko, M. (2015). A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae). Zoology in the Middle East, 61: 372–385.
Year 2021, , 1 - 11, 22.02.2021
https://doi.org/10.26650/tjbc.2021822162

Abstract

References

  • Aharon, S., Huber, B. A. & Gavish-Regev, E. (2017). Daddy-long-leg giants: revision of the spider genus Artema Walckenaer, 1837 (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 376: 1-57.
  • Amr, Z. S. (1988). Arthropods of medical importance in Jordan. Jordan Medical Journal, 22: 125-137.
  • Bosmans, R. (1999). Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833, part III. South East Europe and Turkey (Araneae: Zodariidae). Contributions to Natural History, 12: 211–295.
  • Bosmans, R., Kherbouche-Abrous, O., Benhalima, S. & Hervé, C. (2018). The genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922 in the Mediterranean and the Maghreb in particular (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa, 4451(1): 1-67.
  • Bosselaers, J. (1999). A new Uroctea from the Jordan desert (Araneae: Oecobiidae). Phegea, 27:103-113.
  • Demir, H. & Seyyar, O. (2017). Annotated checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 12:433-469.
  • El-Hennawy, H. K. (1987). Stegodyphus lineatus (Latreille) 1817 (Araneida: Eresidae) in Jordan. Serket, 1: 18.
  • El-Hennawy, H. K. (1991). Stegodyphus pacificus Pocock, 1900 (Araneida: Eresidae). A new record from Jordan. Serket, 2: 93-94.
  • El-Hennawy, H. K. (2006). White widow, Latrodectus pallidus (Araneida: Theridiidae), in Jordan and Egypt. Serket, 10: 29-34.
  • El-Hennawy, H. K. (2011). Oecobius cellariorum found squashed inside the Holy Koran in Jordan. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society, 122: 4-5.
  • El-Hennawy, H. K. (2017). A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket, 15: 167-183. Fomichev, A. A., Marusik, Y. M. & Koponen, S. (2018). New data on spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iraq. Zoology in the Middle East, 64: 329-339.
  • Gallon, R. C., Gabriel, R. & Tansley, G. (2012). A new Chaetopelma species from the Eastern Mediterranean (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society, 27:128-139.
  • Guadanucci, J. P. L & Gallon, R. C. (2008). A revision of the spider genera Chaetopelma Ausserer 1871 and Nesiergus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). Zootaxa, 1753: 34-48.
  • Huber, B. A. (2020). Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa, 4726: 1-94.
  • Jocqué, R. (1991). A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 201: 1-160.
  • Levy, G. (1992). The spider genera Palaestina, Trygetus, Zodarion and Ranops (Araneae, Zodariidae) in Israel with annotations on species of the Middle East. Israel Journal of Zoology, 38: 67-110.
  • Levy, G. (1995). Revision of the spider subfamily Gnaphosinae in Israel (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Journal of Natural History, 29: 919-981.
  • Levy, G. (2007). Calommata (Atypidae) and new spider species (Araneae) from Israel. Zootaxa, 1551: 1-30.
  • Logunov, D. V. (2015). Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta, 24: 33-85.
  • Pavesi, P. (1895). Aracnidi. In: Viaggio del Dott E. Festa in Palestina, nel Libano e regioni vicine. Bollettino dell'Istituto e museo di zoologia della Università di Torino, 10: 1-11.
  • Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1872). General list of the spiders of Palestine and Syria, with descriptions of numerous new species, and characters of two new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 40: 212-354.
  • Prószyński, J. (2003). Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant. Annales Zoologici (Warszawa), 53: 1-180.
  • Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Gloor, D., Hänggi, A. & Kropf, C. (2020). Spiders of Europe. Version 2020. Online at https://www.araneae.nmbe.ch, accessed on 10.8.2020. https://doi.org/10.24436/1
  • Strand, E. (1915). Dritte Mitteilung über Spinnen aus Palästina, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. J. Aharoni. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 81(A): 134–171.
  • Tanasevitch, A. V. (2011). On linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from the Eastern and Central Mediterranean kept at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva. Revue Suisse De Zoologie, 118: 49-91.
  • Wunderlich, J. (1995). Beschreibung der Speispinne Scytodes kinzelbachi n. sp. aus Jordanien (Arachnida: Araneae: Scytodidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie, 4(1994): 621-623.
  • Zamani, A., Mirshamsi, O., Marusik, Y. M. & Moradmand, M. (2020). The Checklist of the Spiders of Iran. Version 2018. www.spiders.ir. Downloaded on 20.9.2020.
  • Zonstein, S. L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2013). Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Israel. Zootaxa, 3671: 1–127.
  • Zonstein, S. L., Marusik, Y. M. & Omelko, M. (2015). A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae). Zoology in the Middle East, 61: 372–385.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Structural Biology
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Mohammad Shakhatreh This is me

Zuhair Amr

Mohammad Abu Baker This is me

Publication Date February 22, 2021
Submission Date November 5, 2020
Acceptance Date January 9, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2021

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APA Shakhatreh, M., Amr, Z., & Abu Baker, M. (2021). Spiders of Jordan: A preliminary Study. Turkish Journal of Bioscience and Collections, 5(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.26650/tjbc.2021822162
AMA Shakhatreh M, Amr Z, Abu Baker M. Spiders of Jordan: A preliminary Study. tjbc. February 2021;5(1):1-11. doi:10.26650/tjbc.2021822162
Chicago Shakhatreh, Mohammad, Zuhair Amr, and Mohammad Abu Baker. “Spiders of Jordan: A Preliminary Study”. Turkish Journal of Bioscience and Collections 5, no. 1 (February 2021): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.26650/tjbc.2021822162.
EndNote Shakhatreh M, Amr Z, Abu Baker M (February 1, 2021) Spiders of Jordan: A preliminary Study. Turkish Journal of Bioscience and Collections 5 1 1–11.
IEEE M. Shakhatreh, Z. Amr, and M. Abu Baker, “Spiders of Jordan: A preliminary Study”, tjbc, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1–11, 2021, doi: 10.26650/tjbc.2021822162.
ISNAD Shakhatreh, Mohammad et al. “Spiders of Jordan: A Preliminary Study”. Turkish Journal of Bioscience and Collections 5/1 (February 2021), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.26650/tjbc.2021822162.
JAMA Shakhatreh M, Amr Z, Abu Baker M. Spiders of Jordan: A preliminary Study. tjbc. 2021;5:1–11.
MLA Shakhatreh, Mohammad et al. “Spiders of Jordan: A Preliminary Study”. Turkish Journal of Bioscience and Collections, vol. 5, no. 1, 2021, pp. 1-11, doi:10.26650/tjbc.2021822162.
Vancouver Shakhatreh M, Amr Z, Abu Baker M. Spiders of Jordan: A preliminary Study. tjbc. 2021;5(1):1-11.