New data on cave spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iran, with new species and records Author Zamani, Alireza Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI- 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland. Author Darvishnia, Hamid Department of Biology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. Author Marusik, Yuri M. Institute for Biological Problems of the North, FEB RAS, Portovaya Str. 18. Magadan 685000, Russia. & Altai State University, Lenina Pr., 61, Barnaul, RF- 656049, Russia. & Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-02 5361 3 345 366 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.3.3/52195 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.3.3 1175-5326 10084538 D9AE18C9-A265-44F0-A0AF-E663A59B2EAF Dysdera elamana Zamani & Marusik , sp. n. Figs 4A , 5A–C Type material. Holotype ♁ ( ZMUT ), IRAN : Ilam Province : Pakal Vil., 45 km of Ilam-Darreh Shahr road, Barreh Zard Cave (= Kona Tarikah ), 33°29'N , 46°42'E , 2268 m , 14.VII.2014 ( H. Darvishnia ). Etymology. The specific epithet is an adjective, referring to Elam, an ancient civilization centered in the western and southwestern parts of modern-day Iran . Diagnosis. The new species is most similar to D. iranica Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 (see Zamani et al . 2023 : fig. 8) in the shape of the median crest ( Mc ) and broad ventral sclerite ( Vs ), but can be distinguished from it by the relatively longer tegulum (i.e., longer than wide, vs . as long as wide) and the distinct anterior crest ( Ac ). Description. Male. Habitus as in Fig. 4A . Total length 6.47. Carapace 3.10 long, 2.45 wide. Eye sizes: AME 0.18, PME 0.17, PLE 0.16. Carapace, chelicerae, sternum, labium and maxillae reddish. Chelicerae with 4 teeth in one row. Legs yellowish orange. Abdomen beige, without any pattern. Spinnerets uniformly light beige. Measurements of legs: I: 10.30 (2.84, 1.78, 2.46, 2.60, 0.62), II: 9.27 (2.60, 1.52, 2.20, 2.40, 0.55), III: 6.91 (2.00, 1.10, 1.30, 1.97, 0.54), IV: 8.88 (2.55, 1.30, 1.91, 2.44, 0.68). Spination: Palp: Fm: 1pl. Legs: I: Fm: 3pl. II: Fm: 3pl. III: Fm: 3pl, 1rl; Ti: 3pl, 2rl, 6v; Mt: 3pl, 2rl, 5v. IV: Fm: 6d, 1pl, 1rl; Ti: 2pl, 2rl, 8v; Mt: 2pl, 2rl, 6v. Palp as in Fig. 5A–C ; bulb ca. 1.5 times longer than cymbium; psembolus 1.33 times longer than tegulum, 1.4 times wider; median crest ( Mc ) highest proximally, lacking spines, C-shaped in dorsal view, screw-like forming anterior crest ( Ac ) in retrolateral view. Female. Unknown. Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Barreh Zard Cave ( Fig. 15A ), Ilam Province , western Iran ( Fig. 17 ).