An updated and annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iraq Author Al-Khazali, Azhar Mohammed 0000-0001-7268-696X Department of Science / Biology branch, College of Basic Education, University of Sumer, Dhi Qar, Iraq azhararach @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7268 - 696 X azhararach@gmail.com Author Kachel, Hamid Saeid Departments of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zakho, Zakho, Iraq Author Zamani, Alireza Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI- 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland Author Hussen, Fenik Sherzad College of Science, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq text Zootaxa 2023 2023-08-29 5339 2 132 158 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5339.2.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5339.2.2 1175-5326 8297212 2D2FC44F-B1DC-4EF2-891E-85EFBD0021EB Uloborus walckenaerius Latreille, 1806 Record: Karbala ( Reimoser 1913 [sub Uloborus americanus Walckenaer, 1841 , attributed to U . walckenaerius by Zamani & El-Hennawy 2016 ]). Distribution: Madeira, Europe, Turkey , Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iraq , Iran , Central Asia, China , Korea , Japan . Introduced to South Africa .