Survey of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in southwestern Iran, with new records Author Hosseinpour, Amin Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Author Zamani, Alireza Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI- 20014 University of Turku, Finland. Author Azizi, Kourosh Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. * Corresponding author: abu 2 sol @ yahoo. com Author Moemenbellah-Fard, Mohammad Djaefar Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. * Corresponding author: abu 2 sol @ yahoo. com Author Soltani, Aboozar Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. * Corresponding author: abu 2 sol @ yahoo. com abu2sol@yahoo.com text Ecologica Montenegrina 2019 2019-10-10 22 204 213 https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2019.22.16 journal article 10.37828/em.2019.22.16 2336-9744 12716235 Cheiracanthium mildei L. Koch, 1864 Material: 1♀ , Yasuj, 30°67ʹ16ʺN, 51°57ʹ50ʺE , April 2016 ; 1j, Yasuj, 30°67ʹ16ʺN, 51°57ʹ50ʺE , October 2016 ; 1♂ , Yasuj, 30°67ʹ16ʺN, 51°57ʹ50ʺE , September 2016 ; 1♀ , Morderaz, 30°61ʹ11ʺN, 51°55ʹ53ʺE , September 2016 ; 1♂ , Yasuj, 30°67ʹ04ʺN, 51°57ʹ45ʺE , May 2017 . Iranian provinces: Golestan, Kerman, Kermanshah , Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad , Mazandaran, Razavi Khorasan, Semnan, Tehran , and West Azerbaijan . Distribution: Europe, North Africa, Turkey , Middle East, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia. Introduced to North America, Argentina . Dictynidae O. P.-Cambridge, 1871 Nigma flavescens (Walckenaer, 1830) Material: 1♂ , Deh Baraftab, 30°77ʹ47ʺN, 51°51ʹ42ʺE , May 2017 . Iranian provinces: Isfahan and Mazandaran . First report from Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad . Distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Iran . Gnaphosidae Pocock, 1898 Civizelotes solstitialis (Levy, 1998) Material: 1♀ , Rahmali, 30°79ʹ05ʺN, 51°38ʹ98ʺE, May 2016 ; 1♂ , Rahmali, 30°79ʹ05ʺN, 51°38ʹ98ʺE, July 2016 . Iranian provinces: Alborz, Kurdistan, Razavi Khorasan and Zanjan . First report from Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad . Distribution: Bulgaria , Greece , Crete , Turkey , Israel , Iran .