A survey of Dysderella Dunin, 1992 (Araneae, Dysderidae), with a new species from Iran 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 & Altai State University, Lenina Pr., 61, Barnaul, RF- 656049, Russia 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 Zoosystematics and Evolution 2023 2023-06-07 99 2 337 344 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.99.104613 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.99.104613 1860-0743-2-337 3A62C71EEFF14D12B7D215ED002A9D2E D660821EBBAC510AAC664E64FF8D095E Dysderella transcaspica (Dunin & Fet, 1985) Figs 3G , 6A-C , 7A-J Dysdera kollari : Ovtsharenko and Fet 1980 : 443; Fet 1983: 837 (as per Dunin and Fet 1985 : 298). Dysdera transcaspica Dunin & Fet, 1985: 298, figs 1-4 (♂♀). Dysdera transcaspica : Dunin 1985 : 118, figs 5-7 (♂). Dysderella transcaspica : Dunin 1992 : 67; Zamani et al. 2015 : 340, fig. 1a-g (♀). Material. Turkmenistan : Balkan Province : 1♂ 1♀ (ZMMU), south-western Kopetdagh , Yoldere (= Eldere ) Valley , [ 38°31'N , 56°23'E ], under garland thorn, 25.05.1982 ( N.S. Ustinova ) ; 1 juv. (ZMMU), Aydere Valley , [ 38°24'N , 56°45'E ], 27.05.1980 ( V.Y. Fet ) . Iran : Razavi Khorasan Province : 1♂ (only palp) (ZMFUM), Torbat-e Jam , Ghader Abad , [ 35°16'N , 60°37'E ], 05.2014 ( B. Jannesar ) . Note. Dunin and Fet (1985) stated that all type series (consisting of 16 males and 12 females) were deposited in ZISP. However, according to D.V. Logunov (personal communication), the material could not be located there. Three specimens were found in ZMMU, consisting of one male, one female without endogyne and a juvenile. Diagnosis. See diagnosis for D. caspica . Description. Male. Habitus as in Fig. 6A-C . Total length 4.00. Carapace 1.95 long, 1.45 wide. Eye sizes: AME 0.11, PME 0.10, PLE 0.11. Carapace, sternum, chelicerae, labium and maxillae reddish. Legs yellowish orange. Abdomen light beige, without any pattern. Spinnerets uniformly beige. Measurements of legs: I: 5.40 (1.45, 1.03, 1.26, 1.24, 0.42), II: 4.75 (1.17, 0.87, 1.13, 1.17, 0.41), III: 3.63 (1.07, 0.62, 0.68, 0.92, 0.34), IV: 5.00 (1.35, 0.83, 1.16, 1.21, 0.45). Spination: III: Ti: 1pl, 1v; Mt: 2v. IV: Ti: 1v; Mt: 2v. Figure 6. Male of Dysderella transcaspica : A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, lateral view. Palp as in Fig. 7A-J ; femur 4 times longer than wide and as long as patella+tibia; tibia almost as long as cymbium; psembolus almost straight, with subparallel margins, ca. 5.4 times longer than wide, with stylus (broken in the illustrated specimen). Figure 7. Male palp of Dysderella transcaspica (stylus broken): A. Whole palp, retrolateral view; B, D, E. Close-up, anteroretrolateral, prolateral and retrolateral views; C, F. Tip of psembolus, retrolateral and prolateral views; G. Cymbium and bulb, retrolateral view; H. Same, prolateral view; I. Same, posterior view; J. Same, anterior view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm. Female. See Dunin and Fet (1985) . Colouration and spination as in male; endogyne as in Fig. 3G . Habitats. The habitats of this species range from foothills to low mountains. It can be found in various microhabitats, including under stones, within ground cracks and inside rodent burrows ( Dunin 1985 ). Distribution. Turkmenistan (Ahal, Ashgabat, Balkan, Mary), Iran (Razavi Khorasan) (Fig. 8 ). Figure 8. Distribution records of Dysderella spp.: circles - D. caspica ; star - D. elburzica sp. nov.; square - D. transcaspica . Yellow symbols refer to the type localities.