Hersiliola

Abstract: Th ree new genera and eight new species of Hersiliidae are described from the East Palaearctic (Afganistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). Th e genus Hersiliola Th orell, 1870 (Araneae: Hersiliidae) is revised, and four new species are described. Th e genus includes nine species: H. afghanica Roewer, 1960 (Afghanistan); H. esyunini sp. n. (Uzbekistan); H. foordi sp. n. (Iran); H. lindbergi sp. n. (Afghanistan); H. macullulata (Dufour, 1831) (type species; from Spain and Algeria to Israel and Yemen); H. simoni (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872) (from Spain and Morocco to Israel); H. sternbergsi sp. n. (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan); H. versicolor (Blackwall, 1865) (Cape Verde); and H. xinjiangenis (Liang & Wang, 1989) (Xinjiang, China). A new genus Duninia gen. n. is described, with two new species, Duninia baehrae sp. n. (type species; Turkmenistan) and D. rheimsae sp. n. (Iran). A new genus Deltshevia gen. n. is described, with two new species, Deltshevia danovi sp. n. (type species; Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan) and D. gromovi sp. n. (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan). Th e widely ranging Central Asian Hersiliola pallida Kroneberg, 1875 (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) is transferred to a new monotypic genus, Ovtsharenkoia gen. n.

Abstract: The genera Hersiliola Thorell and Tama Simon, two ground-dwelling spider genera in the family Hersiliidae of the Afrotropical Region, are revised. Hersiliola now includes three species H. macullulata Thorell, 1870, H. simoni (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872) and H. versicolor Blackwall, 1865, which are redescribed. Hersiliola fragilis Lawrence, 1928, and H. australis (Simon, 1893) both known from southern Africa are transferred to a new genus, Tyrotama. Three Tama species, T. arida Smithers, 1945, T. bicava Smithers, 1945, and T. incerta, Tucker, 1920, are transferred to Tyrotama gen. n. Tama obscura Smithers, 1945, is synonymized with T. arida. The males of T. arida and T. bicava are described for the first time. Three Tyrotama species, T. abyssus, T. soutpansbergensis and T. taris, are described as new. A key to the six species of Tyrotama gen. n. is provided. Tama is monotypic and only contains Tama edwardsi Lucas, 1846. Only females are known for H. versicolor, T. incerta, T abyssus and T. taris.

Abstract: A new species of Duninia Marusik & Fet, 2009, D. darvishi sp. n., is described from northeastern Iran on the basis of males and females. A detailed morphological description and illustrations of the new species are provided. In addition, two other hersiliid species, Duninia baehrae Marusik & Fet, 2009, and Hersiliola sternbergsi Marusik & Fet, 2009 are recorded for the first time for the fauna of Iran and are illustrated. According to the results of this study, Iran has the highest species-richness in the Palaearctic with five reported hersiliid species.