Logunov D.V.1, Mirshamsi O.2, Musavi S.3, Shayestehfar A.3 2013. New faunistic records of Salticidae (Aranei) from Khorasan Province of Iran // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.22. No.4: 379–381 [in English].
1 The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. Email: dmitri.v.logunov@manchester.ac.uk The corresponding author.
2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran.
3 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Arak University, Arak, Islamic Republic of Iran.
KEY WORDS: Jumping spiders, Salticidae, Aranei, Iran, faunistics, new records, distribution.
ABSTRACT. New faunistic records of nine species of Salticidae for the spider fauna of Iran are presented. Four species — Heliophanus chovdensis Prószy?ski, 1982, Pseudicius afghanicus (Andreeva, H?ciak et Prószy?ski, 1984), Rafalus variegatus (Kroneberg, 1875), and Sitticus avocator (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) — are new records for the spider fauna of Iran.