taxonID	type	description	language	source
CD7487D47768FFBAD1B53DF9A33BF933.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 2 ♀ (NHMB), Iraq, Thi-Qar Province, Al-Nasiriyah City, the Archaeological Ziggurat of Ur, 30 ° 58 ' 10.0 " N, 46 ° 06 ' 53.0 " E, semi-desert, 20 August 2021 (leg. G. A. Al-Yacoub), (Fig. 1 g).	en	Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A., Fomichev, Alexander A. (2023): First description of the female of Pterotricha esyunini Zamani, 2018 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Iraq. Ecologica Montenegrina 70: 183-187, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.70.19, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.70.19
CD7487D47768FFBAD1B53DF9A33BF933.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The female of Pterotricha esyunini closely resembles Pterotricha lesserti Dalmas, 1921 which is widespread in the Middle East. Both species have trapezoidal anterior (widened) part of fovea (Af) with unpaired anterior hood (Ah) and short copulatory ducts (Cd) tightly pressed to the receptacles (Re). The female of Pterotricha esyunini can be distinguished from that of P. lesserti by the lateral margins (Lm) converging anteriorly (vs. subparallel), undivided anterior part of fovea (vs. anterior part of fovea divided by median septum) and by relatively longer accessorial glands (Ag), which surpass the anterior edges of receptacles (vs. accessorial glands not surpass the anterior edges of receptacles) (cf. Figs 1 c – d and 1 e – f). For diagnosis of the male see Zamani (2018).	en	Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A., Fomichev, Alexander A. (2023): First description of the female of Pterotricha esyunini Zamani, 2018 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Iraq. Ecologica Montenegrina 70: 183-187, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.70.19, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.70.19
CD7487D47768FFBAD1B53DF9A33BF933.taxon	description	Description. Female. Total length: 5.6. Carapace: 2.3 long, 2 wide. Abdomen: 3.3 long, 1.9 wide. Carapace, sternum, chelicerae, and labium light brown without distinct patterns. Abdomen beige-colored with light gray patterns forming a longitudinal line crossed by three transverse lines. Legs light brown. Measurements of legs: I: 9.0 (2.5, 1.0, 2.0, 2.0, 1.5). II: 8.7 (2.2, 1.0, 2.0, 2.0, 1.5). III: 8.9 (2.2, 1.0, 2.0, 2.2, 1.5). IV: 11.4 (3.0, 1.0, 2.5, 3.0, 1.9). Leg spination: I: Fe d 1 - 1 - 1 p 0 - 1 - 1; Ti p 0 - 1 - 0 v 2 - 2 - 1; Mt v 2 - 2 - 2. II: Fe d 1 - 1 - 1 p 0 - 1 - 1; Ti p 1 - 1 - 1 v 2 - 2 - 1 Mt p 0 - 1 - 0 v 2 - 2 - 2. III: Fe d 0 - 1 - 1 p 0 - 1 - 1 r 0 - 1 - 1; Pa p 1 v 1; Ti d 1 - 0 - 1 p 1 - 1 - 1 r 1 - 1 - 1 v 2 - 2 - 2. IV: Fe d 1 - 0 - 1 p 0 - 1 - 1 r 0 - 1 - 1; Ti d 1 - 0 - 1 p 1 - 1 - 1 r 1 - 1 - 1 v 0 - 2 - 2; Mt d 1 - 0 - 1 p 1 - 1 - 1 r 1 - 1 - 1 v 2 - 2 - 1. Epigyne as in Figs 1 b – d. Anterior part of the fovea 2.3 times wider than long. Anterior hood very deep. Lateral margins touch each other anteriorly and smoothly diverge posteriorly. Median septum (Ms) triangular, not reaching the anterior (widened) part of fovea. Copulatory ducts short, forming tight loops. Receptacles oval, not well distinguished from copulatory ducts. Accessorial glands long, stick-like, diverging at a right angle. Male. See Al-Yacoub et al. (2021 a).	en	Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A., Fomichev, Alexander A. (2023): First description of the female of Pterotricha esyunini Zamani, 2018 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Iraq. Ecologica Montenegrina 70: 183-187, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.70.19, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.70.19
CD7487D47768FFBAD1B53DF9A33BF933.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 2).	en	Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A., Fomichev, Alexander A. (2023): First description of the female of Pterotricha esyunini Zamani, 2018 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Iraq. Ecologica Montenegrina 70: 183-187, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.70.19, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.70.19
