New faunistic records of spiders (Araneae) from Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran

Abstract

In this paper, we present the results of a small collection of spiders from north-eastern Iran. One genus (Sosticus Chamberlin 1922) and four species, namely Drassodes chybyndensis Esyunin and Tuneva 2002, Sosticus loricatus (L. Koch 1866), Micaria ignea O. Pickard-Cambridge 1872 and Synema cf. plorator (O. P.-Cambridge 1872), are new records to the fauna of Iran, which are provided with illustrations. © 2015 Nature Research Centre.