A survey of the spider genus Dysdera Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Dysderidae) in Iran, with fourteen new species and notes on two fossil genera Author Zamani, Alireza https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8084-9666 Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI- 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland zamani.alireza5@gmail.com Author Marusik, Yuri M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4499-5148 Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa Author Szűts, Tamas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8954-0641 Department of Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Rottenbiller u. 50, Budapest, 1077, Hungary text ZooKeys 2023 2023-02-07 1146 43 86 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1146.97517 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1146.97517 1313-2970-1146-43 01E76F6AB9914F339BD6991090F07E80 B1CCD44D55C25FFD8D9DE752139E864F Dysdera pococki Dunin, 1985 Dysdera concinna : Pocock 1889 : 112 (misidentified as per Deeleman-Reinhold and Deeleman 1988 : 236). Dysdera pococki Dunin 1985 : 114, figs 1, 2 (♂). Comments. The Iranian record of this species is doubtful. Dunin (1985) described D. pococki on the basis of a male specimen from Turkmenistan, and the female of the species remains undescribed. Without providing any illustrations, Pocock (1889) reported a single female specimen from northeastern Iran which he tentatively identified as D. concinna L. Koch, 1878; this record was later attributed to D. pococki by Deeleman-Reinhold and Deeleman (1988) , due to their close collection localities and without an examination of the Iranian material. This matter should be revisited once the female of D. pococki is described and the specimen reported by Pocock from Iran is studied and illustrated. Records in Iran. Razavi Khorasan ( Pocock 1889 ) (Fig. 35 ). Distribution. Iran, Turkmenistan.