Authors
- Azhar Mohammed Al-KhazaliDepartment of Science, College of Basic Education, University of Sumer, Dhi Qar, Iraq.https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7268-696X
- Murtatha YM Al-AbbadBiology Department, Education College for Pure Sciences, Basrah University, Iraq.https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4368-0109
- Alexander A. FomichevAltai State University, Lenina Prospect, 61, Barnaul, RF-656049, Russia & Tomsk State University, Lenina Prospect, 36, Tomsk, RF-634050, Russia.https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9268-622X
- Hamid Saeid KachelDepartments of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zakho, Zakho, Iraq.https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7231-8267
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.67.12Abstract
New data on the wolf spiders of Iraq are provided. Two species, Arctosa similis Schenkel, 1938 and Lycosa piochardi Simon, 1876, are reported from Iraq for the first time, and additional records and a redescription are provided for Evippa amitaii Armiach Steinpress, Alderweireldt, Cohen, Chipman & Gavish-Regev, 2021. Photographs of specimens of both sexes of all three species and their copulatory organs and habitats are provided, and the known distribution records for the last two species, are mapped.
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