taxonID	type	description	language	source
039E336DE329DB4B7D7FACC49C44CADB.taxon	distribution	Distribution Mediterranean Region, Russia (Europe), Azerbaijan, Jordan, Iran. Introduced into USA, China, Japan (World Spider Catalog 2020). Records in Iran Mazandaran (Ghahari & Marusik 2009) and Khuzestan (Boukan et al. 2018) Provinces (Fig. 1).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32FDB4B7D59A9409D51C883.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN • 1 ♀; Fars Province, Kavar; 29 ° 12 ′ N, 52 ° 37 ′ E; 5 Jun. 1974; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32FDB4B7D59A9409D51C883.taxon	distribution	Distribution Iran (World Spider Catalog 2020).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32FDB4B7D59A9409D51C883.taxon	materials_examined	Records in Iran Kerman (Zamani & Marusik 2018) and Fars (this paper) Provinces (Fig. 1).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32FDB4B7E88A8A99DBCCE52.taxon	description	Fig. 3 A	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32FDB4B7E88A8A99DBCCE52.taxon	distribution	Distribution Iran (World Spider Catalog 2020).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32FDB4B7E88A8A99DBCCE52.taxon	materials_examined	Records in Iran Lorestan, Razavi Khorasan, Semnan and Tehran Provinces (Zamani et al. 2017 a) (Fig. 1).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32FDB4B7E86AEDB9BABCDE9.taxon	distribution	Distribution Iran (World Spider Catalog 2020).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32FDB4B7E86AEDB9BABCDE9.taxon	materials_examined	Records in Iran Ilam Province (Zamani et al. 2017 a) (Fig. 1).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32FDB497D14ADB29D7DC8A2.taxon	description	Fig. 3 B	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32FDB497D14ADB29D7DC8A2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined AFGHANISTAN • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Kabul Province, Kabul; 34 ° 31 ′ N, 69 ° 29 ′ E; 3 Aug. 1975; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG • 3 ♀♀, 2 juvs; Wardak Province, NNE of Ghazni; 33 ° 45 ′ N, 68 ° 34 ′ E; 12 Aug. 1975; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32FDB497D14ADB29D7DC8A2.taxon	distribution	Distribution Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, China (World Spider Catalog 2020).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32FDB497D14ADB29D7DC8A2.taxon	materials_examined	Records in Iran North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, South Khorasan, Tehran and Zanjan Provinces (Zamani et al. 2015, 2018; Zamani 2016; Sadeghi et al. 2016) (Fig. 1). Records in Afghanistan Kabul (Denis 1958; Kullmann & Zimmermann 1976; this paper) and Wardak (this paper) Provinces (Fig. 1). Records in Turkmenistan Ahal, Balkan, Mary and Labap Regions (Mikhailov & Fet 1994) (Fig. 1).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32DDB497D4FA88B9BF9CDCA.taxon	description	Fig. 3 C	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32DDB497D4FA88B9BF9CDCA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined AFGHANISTAN • 1 ♂, 6 ♀♀; Nangrahar Province, NE of Djelalabad; 34 ° 30 ′ N, 70 ° 33 ′ E; 8 Aug. 1975; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG. IRAN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Mazandaran Province, Pol-e Zanguleh; 36 ° 13 ′ N, 51 ° 15 ′ E; 5 Jul. 1975; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32DDB497D4FA88B9BF9CDCA.taxon	distribution	Distribution Egypt, Sudan to Iran, India. Introduced into USA, Mexico (World Spider Catalog 2020). Newly recorded from Afghanistan.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32DDB497D4FA88B9BF9CDCA.taxon	materials_examined	Records in Iran Fars, Hormozgan, Khuzestan, Tehran (Zamani 2016; Zamani et al. 2016; Zamani & Mozaffarian 2017; Boukan et al. 2018) and Mazandaran (this paper) Provinces (Fig. 1). Records in Afghanistan Nangrahar Province (this paper) (Fig. 1).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32DDB487EA3AC529ACACA44.taxon	distribution	Distribution Tajikistan, Turkmenistan (World Spider Catalog 2020).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32DDB487EA3AC529ACACA44.taxon	materials_examined	Records in Turkmenistan Ahal and Balkan Regions (Mikhailov & Fet 1994). These records have been considered as doubtful and potentially referring to another species by Marusik et al. (2015).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32CDB427D29AAAD9B11CA6D.taxon	description	Figs 3 E – F, 4 F – G, 5, 6 A – D, 7 A – C, 8 – 9	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32CDB427D29AAAD9B11CA6D.taxon	diagnosis	Emended diagnosis Uroctea grossa is closest to U. thaleri Rheims, Santos & van Harten, 2007 and U. gambronica sp. nov., but differs from them and from other species of Uroctea by its larger size, its broad, V-shaped MAb 2 making a sharp angle (also present in U. gambronica sp. nov.) and having a wide, fan-shaped terminal section (also present in U. thaleri, cf. Fig. 7 A – G), by its gently curved MAb 1, its relatively long, stout, curved TL (Fig. 7 C, also present in U. thaleri), its short and stout Bd and a Cd that is coiled over 360 ° and directed outwards anteriorly (vs uncoiled in U. limbata (C. L. Koch, 1843) and inwardly bent in U. thaleri; cf. Fig. 9 B, Rheims et al. 2007: fig. 8 and Baum 1972: fig. 9).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32CDB427D29AAAD9B11CA6D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype AFGHANISTAN • ♀; Kandahar Province, “ Kouh Dana Ouat (bei Spin Boldaq an der Grenze von Pakistan) ” [Kouh Dana Ouat (near Spin Boldaq on the Pakistan border)]; 9 May 1958; K. Lindberg leg.; “ unter Steinen ” [under stones]; GNM-A 497. Other material AFGHANISTAN • 1 ♂ (only palp); Parwan Province, near Gulbahar, Rig-Revan, outside cave; 26 Jul. 1957; K. Lindberg leg.; misidentified as U. limbata; SMF- 13231. IRAN • 1 ♂, 5 ♀♀, 3 juvs; Fars Province, 50 km NNE of Shiraz, Bamoo Res.; 29 ° 45 ′ N, 52 ° 45 ′ E; 18 – 28 May 2000; Y. M. Marusik leg.; ZMMU • 1 ♀; Fars Province, Barm-e-peere-Ghaibi; 29 May 2000; Y. M. Marusik and K. Elmi leg.; ZMMU • 2 ♀; Fars Province, Firouzabad; 28 ° 52 ′ N, 52 ° 32 ′ E; 6 Jun. 1974; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG • 1 juv.; Kerman Province, Qualeh-e-Asghard; F. Starmühlner leg.; misidentified as U. durandi; SMF • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Mazandaran Province, Amol County, Larijan; 35 ° 52 ′ 54 ″ N, 52 ° 10 ′ 12 ″ E; Jun. 2014; A. Zamani leg.; MHNG • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Sistan and Baluchistan Province, Khash, surroundings of Taftan volcano; 28 ° 36 ′ N, 61 ° 07 ′ E; May 2018; A. Zamani leg.; MHNG • 1 sub ♀; South Khorasan Province, 40 km N of Naybandan; J. Garzoni leg.; MHNG • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Tehran Province, 80 km E of Tehran, Damavand area, Aroo Vil.; 35 ° 40 ′ N, 52 ° 27 ′ E; 15 Jun. 2000; Y. M. Marusik and F. Mozaffarian leg.; ZMMU • 1 ♂, 1 juv.; Tehran Province, 5 km N of Tehran, Tochal Mountain; 35 ° 53 ′ N, 51 ° 20 ′ E; 2000 – 2900 m a. s. l.; 16 Jun. 2000; Y. M. Marusik, F. Mozaffarian and R. Bahramishad leg.; ZMMU • 3 ♀♀; Tehran Province, Damavand County, Havir Vil.; 35 ° 42 ′ 52 ″ N, 52 ° 19 ′ 15 ″ E; Jul. 2015; A. Zamani leg.; MHNG. TURKMENISTAN • 1 ♀; Balkan Province, SW of Kopetdagh, Damdam; 800 m a. s. l.; SMF 38817.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32CDB427D29AAAD9B11CA6D.taxon	description	Description Male (measurements based on specimen from Sistan and Baluchistan Province, Iran) Total length 9.80. Carapace broadly oval, yellowish brown with thin grey margin, faint black radial pattern and dark median band from eye region to fovea. Carapace length 4.00, width 5.05. Fovea deep triangular pit, situated 2.15 from front, length 0.30, width 0.35. Eyes surrounded by black pigment. AER 1.03, PER 1.00. AME larger than ALE, separated by slightly less than AME diameter. PLE similar in size to ALE, PME smaller, separated by four times their own diameter (= 0.5). PME and PLE touching. MOQ anterior width 0.65, posterior width 0.75, depth 0.45. Clypeus 0.60. No chilum. Chelicerae long and thin, parallel-sided, yellowish brown, length 1.35, width 0.25, no teeth. Sternum yellow with orange-brown border, smooth, heart-shaped. Sternum length 2.50, width 2.45. Labium free, subtriangular, length 0.60, width 0.65. Endites subrectangular, no serrula, no apical hair tuft. PSP long and narrow, parallel-sided, fused with sternum. Abdomen dorsally either entirely black with concentric pattern of yellowish wrinkles or bearing longitudinal oval central black mark surrounded by broad yellow zone and thin black border (Fig. 6 D). Three pairs of orange-brown sigilla are present on dorsal side of abdomen. ALS subcylindrical with short apical segment. PMS small, conical. PLS with long and curved apical segment. Colulus large and covered in stiff setae. Legs greyish brown with orange brown mt and ta. Patellar indentation narrow, one third of length of pa. Tarsus IV straight. Three tarsal claws, two large ones with fine teeth. No tenent hairs. Leg formula: 4321. For leg spination see Fig. 4 F. Leg measurements: Palp as illustrated in Fig. 7 A – C, with short, pointed and curved E connected to narrow, membranous and spoon-shaped fC, long and thin, gently curved and hooked MAb 1, large, sharply angled, V-shaped MAb 2 with fan-shaped tip ending in three blunt terminal lobes and with large, blunt and slightly curved TL. Female (measurements based on holotype, GNM) Total length 13.15. Carapace broadly oval, yellowish brown, margin mottled with black (Fig. 5). Carapace length 4.15, width 5.35. Fovea deep oval pit, situated 2.35 from front, length 0.20, width 0.35. Eyes faintly ringed with black. AER 1.13, PER 1.15. AME larger than ALE, separated by slightly less than AME diameter. PLE similar in size to ALE, PME smaller, separated by 2.5 times their own diameter. Median and lateral eyes touching in both eye rows. MOQ anterior width 0.70, posterior width 0.80, depth 0.50. Clypeus 0.90. No chilum. Chelicerae long and thin, parallel-sided, yellowish brown, length 1.65, width 0.45, no teeth. Sternum light yellow brown with dark reddish brown border, smooth, heart-shaped. Sternum length 2.60, width 2.85. Labium free, subtriangular, length 0.70, width 0.85. Endites subrectangular, no serrula, no apical hair tuft. PSP long and narrow, parallel-sided, fused with sternum. Abdomen of holotype dorsally dark grey with light yellow border and thin, dark grey silky hairs (Fig. 5). Three pairs of orange-brown sigilla present on dorsal side of abdomen. ALS subcylindrical with short apical segment. PMS small, conical. PLS with long and curved apical segment. Colulus large and covered in stiff setae. Legs reddish brown, mottled with grey. Coxa I with flattened, very pale rh, length 0.20, width 0.13. Patellar indentation narrow, one third of length of pa. Tarsus IV straight. Three tarsal claws, two large ones with fine teeth. No tenent hairs. Leg formula: 4321. For leg spination see Fig. 4 G. Leg measurements: Epigyne and vulva as in Figs 8 – 9, somewhat variable, simple, with numerous sclerotized arcs in anterior half and in posterior half with oval Co connected to Cd (Figs 8 A – D). Vulva (Figs 9 A – D) with long, stout Cd curved over 360 ° and terminally directed outwards, and with thin, long, wavy Fd that are terminally recurved and connected to subtriangular sclerite (Fig. 9 C – D) that tends to detach in some vulva preparations (Fig. 9). St small and sclerotized, connected to short and blunt Bd and adjacent to large, thin-walled bursae.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32CDB427D29AAAD9B11CA6D.taxon	distribution	Distribution Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan (World Spider Catalog 2020), Turkmenistan (this paper).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE32CDB427D29AAAD9B11CA6D.taxon	materials_examined	Records in Iran Kerman (Roewer 1955), North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan (Zamani et al. 2015), Fars, Mazandaran, Sistan and Baluchistan, South Khorasan, and Tehran (this paper) Provinces. Records in Afghanistan Balkh, Parwan and Kandahar Provinces (Denis 1958; Roewer 1960; this paper). Records in Turkmenistan Balkan Province (this paper) (Fig. 2).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE326DB417D2DAA379D90CC23.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: A 8 E 3360 D-A 2 B 8 - 4 E 0 B-B 745 - 8 AABB 0 D 8 D 7 F 5 Figs 4 H, 6 E, 7 D – F	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE326DB417D2DAA379D90CC23.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Uroctea gambronica sp. nov. is closest to U. grossa and U. thaleri. It differs from both species by its short, straight, subconical TL of the male palp (vs long, curved and subcylindrical), the basal part of its MAb 1 making a 135 ° hook (Fig. 7 F, vs gently curved in U. grossa and straight in U. thaleri), its smaller, subrectangular terminal section of MAb 2 (vs large and fan-shaped), and its sharply toothed retrolateral lobe of MAb 2 (vs bluntly toothed). It further differs from U. grossa by its smaller size and its lower number of ti spines (Fig. 4 H vs Fig. 4 F). It also differs from U. thaleri by its sharply angled MAb 2 (vs smoothly bent, Fig. 7 D vs Fig. 7 G).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE326DB417D2DAA379D90CC23.taxon	etymology	Etymology The new species is named after Gambron, the former English traders’ name for Bandar Abbas, the type locality of the species.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE326DB417D2DAA379D90CC23.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype IRAN • ♂; Hormozgan Province, Kuh-e Genu, 15 km NW of Issin; 27 ° 24 ′ N, 56 ° 11 ′ E; 600 – 1000 m a. s. l.; Apr. 1977; B. Pražan leg.; NMP-P 6 j- 180 / 2002.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE326DB417D2DAA379D90CC23.taxon	description	Description Male Total length 8.85. Carapace broadly oval, yellowish brown, somewhat mottled with grey, with faint black radiae and grey reticulate pattern near border. Carapace length 3.50, width 4.05. Fovea deep triangular pit, situated 1.70 from front, length 0.35, width 0.25. Eyes surrounded by black pigment. AER 0.90, PER 0.88. AME larger than ALE, separated by half of AME diameter. PLE similar in size to ALE, PME smaller, separated by three times their own diameter. PME and PLE touching. MOQ anterior width 0.50, posterior width 0.70, depth 0.40. Clypeus 0.65. No chilum. Chelicerae long and thin, parallelsided, yellowish brown, length 1.15, width 0.20, no teeth. Sternum yellow with light brown border, smooth, heart-shaped. Sternum length 2.20, width 2.05. Labium free, subtriangular, length 0.45, width 0.55. Endites subrectangular, no serrula, no apical hair tuft. PSP long and narrow, parallel-sided, fused with sternum. Abdomen whitish with narrow black border and central, oval, olive green patch with three pairs of olive brown sigilla (Fig. 6 E). ALS light brown, blunt and conical, with short apical segment. PMS small, conical. PLS grey, with long and curved apical segment. Colulus large and covered in stiff setae. Legs yellow brown with orange brown mt and ta. Patellar indentation narrow, one third of length of pa. Tarsus IV straight. Three tarsal claws, two large ones with fine teeth. No tenent hairs. Leg formula: 4321. For leg spination see Fig. 4 H. Leg measurements: Male palp as in Fig. 7 D – F, with short, pointed and curved E connected to membranous, scoop-shaped fC, with long and thin, bent and hooked MAb 1, with large, sharply angled, V-shaped MAb 2 with relatively short, subrectangular scoop-shaped tip ending in two blunt and one toothed terminal lobe and broad, straight, subconical, blunt TL. Female Unknown.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE326DB417D2DAA379D90CC23.taxon	distribution	Distribution Currently known only from the type locality in Hormozgan Province, southern Iran (Fig. 2).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE325DB5F7EA7AC0998F2CAA6.taxon	description	Figs 3 D, 4 E, 6 F, 7 G	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE325DB5F7EA7AC0998F2CAA6.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN • 1 ♂, 2 juv.; Fars Province, Shiraz; 1990; K. Elmi leg.; ZMMU • 1 ♂; Hormozgan Province, Minab County; Feb. 2018; A. Zamani leg.; MHNG • 1 ♂; Ilam Province, Dehloran, Zarrinabad District; Jul. 2018; A. Zamani leg.; MHNG • 1 ♂; Lorestan Province, Dizgaran; 33 ° 43 ′ N, 47 ° 00 ′ E; 25 Jun. 1974; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG • 1 juv.; Lorestan Province, Veisian; 33 ° 29 ′ N, 48 ° 04 ′ E; 8 Sep. 1975; A. Senglet; MHNG • 1 subadult ♂; Lorestan Province, Pol-e Dokhtar; 33 ° 10 ′ N, 47 ° 44 ′ E; 17 May 1974; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG • 1 ♀; Mazandaran Province, Ghaemshahr, rice fields; Sep. 2005; H. Ghahari leg.; ZMMU.	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE325DB5F7EA7AC0998F2CAA6.taxon	distribution	Distribution Turkey, Israel, Iran, Yemen, India (World Spider Catalog 2020).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
039E336DE325DB5F7EA7AC0998F2CAA6.taxon	materials_examined	Records in Iran Ilam, Khuzestan, Razavi Khorasan, Semnan (Baum 1972; Hosseini et al. 2014; Zamani 2015; Namaghi et al. 2016; Zamani & Mozaffarian 2017), Fars, Hormozgan, Lorestan and Mazandaran (this paper) Provinces (Fig. 2).	en	Zamani, Alireza, Bosselaers, Jan (2020): The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173
