Check List 18(1): 103-107, doi: 10.15560/18.1.103
First record of the spider Oecobius ferdowsii Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2017 (Araneae, Oecobiidae) in Kazakhstan
expand article infoAlexander A. Fomichev‡§
‡ Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia§ Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia

Corresponding author: Alexander A. Fomichev ( a.fomichov@mail.ru )

Academic editor: Yuri Marusik
© Alexander A. Fomichev.
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Citation: Fomichev AA (2022) First record of the spider Oecobius ferdowsii Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2017 (Araneae, Oecobiidae) in Kazakhstan. Check List 18(1): 103-107. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.1.103
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Abstract
The first record from Kazakhstan of the oecobiid spider Oecobius ferdowsii Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2017 is presented. This species was previously known only from Iran. A single male specimen was collected on the Ustyurt Plateau in southwestern Kazakhstan, approximately 900 km north from the closest known locality in northern Iran. A redescription, photographs, and distribution map are provided.
Keywords
Aranei, biodiversity, Central Asia, distribution, redescription, Ustyurt Plateau