Further studies on harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) from Iran, with the descriptions of two new species
Author
Snegovaya, Nataly Yu.
Institute of Zoology, Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, pr. 1128, kv. 504, Baku AZ 1073, Azerbaijan.
Author
Cokendolpher, James C.
Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79415, USA.
Author
Zamani, Alireza
Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI- 20014, University of Turku, Finland.
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-10
4984
1
73
86
journal article
4967
10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.7
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Phalangium armenicum
Tchemeris, 2012
Phalangium armenicus
Tchemeris, 2012: 13–14
, 16–17, figs 1–2, 9–10, 17–19, 22–23, 28, map 1.
Phalangium armenicum
:
Snegovaya 2014: 5
, figs 84–89, 129.
Type
locality
.
Armenia
,
Meghri
Mt Range
, near
Meghri Pass
(vicinity of
Lichk Village
,
2500–2700 m
a.s.l.
)
.
Material examined
.
IRAN
:
Hamadan Province
:
2 males
,
4 females
(
ZMMU
),
1 km
E
of
Ylfan Village
,
34°44’25.7“N
,
48°37’16.0”E
,
2100 m
a.s.l.
,
Denis Kasatkin
leg. 10–
11.5.2017
.
Lorestan Province
:
2 males
,
6 females
(
RCNS
),
Dorud District
, near
Cham Chit Village
,
1300–1400 m
a.s.l.
,
Denis Kasatkin
leg.
13.5.2017
;
1 male
(
RCNS
), near
Dorud
,
5 km
SW of Choghab Dar Village
,
33°30’03.8“N
,
49°00’12.4”E
,
1700–1800 m
a.s.l.
,
Denis Kasatkin
leg. 14–
15.5.2017
.
Records from
Iran
.
Hamedan
,
Lorestan
(present paper).
Distribution
. Previously known only from
Armenia
and
Azerbaijan
. This is the first record of this species from
Iran
, with the material from
Lorestan
representing the southernmost record in the whole range.