FIRST RECORD OF THE CELLAR SPIDER GENUS NITA HUBER & EL-HENNAWY, 2007 (ARANEAE, PHOLCIDAE) FROM IRAQ
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https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2019.15.4.0403Keywords:
Araneae, Iraq, Nita, Pholcidae, spidersAbstract
The current study presents the cellar spiders genus Nita Huber & El-Hennawy, 2007 (Araneae, Pholcidae) as the first record for Iraq spider fauna, this genus represented by the species Nita elsaff Huber & El-Hennawy, 2007 were identified based on morphological characteristics and DNA sequence data. A short morphological description is also presented for cellar spiders listed in Iraq; including this species in addition to Artema Atlanta Walckenaer, 1837.
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Ali, H. B., Fadhil, H. Y. and Baker I. M. 2018. Taxonomic and molecular study of the widow spider genus Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Iraq. Pakistan Entomologist, 40(1): 25-29.
Al-Khazali, A. M. and Hussein, A. N. 2019. First record of genus Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Gaphosidae) in Iraq. Serket, 16(4): 161-165.
Al-Khazali, A. M. 2018.The first record of family Agelenidae from Iraq (Arachnida: Araneae). Serket, 16(1): 60-65.
Al-khazali, A. M. and Najim, S. A. 2018. First records of Pholcidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 15 (2): 179-187.
Barrett, R. D. H. and Hebert, P. D. N. 2005. Identifying spiders through DNA barcodes. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 83: 481-491.
Beatty, J. A., Berry, J. W. and Huber, B. A. 2008.The pholcid spiders of Micronesia and Polynesia (Araneae, Pholcidae). Journal of Arachnology, 36: 1-25.
Bork, R. J. 2015 Primer efficacy in the DNA barcoding of spiders. Honors Program Theses, 169pp. Available at: http://scholarworks.uni.edu/hpt/169
Brignoli, P. M. 1981. Studies on the Pholcidae, I. Notes on the genera Artema and Physocyclus (Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 170(1): 90–100.
Bruvo-Mađarić, B., Huber, B. A., Steinacher, A. and Pass, G. 2005. Phylogeny of pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): Combined analysis using morphology and molecules. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 37: 661-673.
Folmer, O., Black, M., Hoeh, W., Lutz, R. and Vrijenhoek, R. 1994. DNA primers for amplification of mitochondrial cytochrome coxidase subunit I from diverse metazoan invertebrates. Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology, 3(5): 294-299.
Fomichev, A. A., Marusik, Y. M. and Koponen, S. 2018. New data on spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iraq. Zoology in the Middle East, 64 (4): 329-339.
Gao, C. X. and Li, S. Q. 2010. Artemaatlanta, a pantropical species new for China (Araneae, Pholcidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica, 19:11-13.
Huber, B. A. 2000. New world pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): a revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 254: 1-348.
Huber, B. A. 2005. The pholcid spiders of Africa (Araneae: Pholcidae): state of knowledge and directions for future research. In: Huber B. A., Sinclair, B. J., Lampe, K. H. (eds.) African Biodiversity: Molecules, Organisms, Ecosystems Springer Verlag, p 181-186.
Huber, B. A. 2011 Phylogeny and classification of Pholcidae (Araneae): an update. The Journal of Arachnology, 39: 211–222.
Huber, B. A. and El Hennawy, H. 2007. On old world ninetine spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae), with a new genus and species and the first record for Madagascar. Zootaxa, 1635: 45-53.
Huber, B. A. and Warui, C. M. 2012. East African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of eight new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 29: 1-44. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2012.29
Huber, B. A., Eberle, J. and Dimitrov, D. 2018.The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: A critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae). ZooKeys, 789(3):51-101.
Jocqué, R. and Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. 2007. Spider families of the world (2nd edition). Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium, 338 pp.
Zamani, A. and El-Hennawy, H. K. 2016. Preliminary list of the spiders of Iraq (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnida – Rivista Aracnologica Italiana, 6: 12-20.
