Annotated checklist of the spiders of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae)

Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics

مقاله 1، دوره 2015، Special issue - شماره پیاپی 1، اسفند 2015، صفحه 1-108   

نوع مقاله: Research articles

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22067/ijab.vFauna.Iranicai1.50696

نویسندگان

Omid Mirshamsi^{* 1}؛ Yuri Marusik²؛ Alireza Zamani³؛ Majid Moradmand⁴؛ Roya Kashefi¹

¹Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

²Research Department of Zoological Innovations (RDZI), Institute of Applied Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

³School of Biology, College of Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

⁴Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

چکیده

In this checklist 528 spider species and subspecies belonging to 45 families and 230 genera that have been recorded from Iran are presented, of which, 43 records are considered as doubtful. Geographic distributions of all species are presented by main provincial areas of the country. Also, where necessary, we have provided comments on species distribution, species status or possible misidentifications. The list is dominated by members of the families Salticidae (98 species), Linyphiidae (69 species) and Lycosidae (63 species) with 18.7%, 13.1% and 12% of total species, respectively. The level of regional endemism and sub-endemism exceeds 15.5% and 5.6% of total species, respectively.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Iran؛ Aranei؛ fauna؛ species؛ Iranian Plateau

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