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 Zelotes potanini Schenkel, 1963 Material: 1♂ 1j, Bahr- e Ana, 30°38ʹ41ʺN , 51°28ʹ09ʺE , September 2016 . Distribution: Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan , China , Korea , Japan . First record for Iran and representing the southernmost locality in its known distribution. Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859 Frontinellina frutetorum (C. L. Koch, 1834) Material: 4♀ , Dil, 30°55ʹ41ʺN , 50°76ʹ17ʺE, June 2016 . Iranian provinces: Alborz, Gilan, Golestan, Ilam, Mazandaran, North Khorasan, Qazvin, Tehran and Zanjan . First report in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad . Distribution: Europe, North Africa, Turkey , Caucasus, Iran , Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan , Central Asia. Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833 Alopecosa cursor (Hahn, 1831) Material: 1♀ , Rahmali, 30°79ʹ05ʺN, 51°38ʹ98ʺE, April 2016 ; 1♂ , Chenarestan, 30°63ʹ44ʺN, 51°55ʹ05ʺE , March 2017 ; 3♂ 2♀ , Park- e Jangali, 30°24ʹ27ʺN , 51°21ʹ24ʺE , March 2017 . Iranian provinces: Razavi Khorasan . First report in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad . Distribution: Europe, Turkey , Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Central Asia, China .