Oecobius putus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876

Marusik, Yuri M. & Zonstein, Sergei, 2024, The spider genus Oecobius (Araneae: Oecobiidae) in Israel, with description of a new species and new synonymies, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 53 (17), pp. 49-62 : 58-59

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scientific name	Oecobius putus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876
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Oecobius putus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 View in CoL

( Figs 4F, G, 5E, 6D)

Oecobius putus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876: 544 View in CoL , pl. 58, fig. 1 (♂ ♀); Wunderlich 1995: 596, figs 45–48 (♂ ♀).

Material examined: Israel: Arava Valley : 1♂, sand dunes 2 km ESE Samar, 29°49.5’N 35°02.4’E GoogleMaps ,

70 m, Malaise trap, 1–30.vi.2006, N. Ketner (SMNHTAU); 4♀, Qetura, 29°58.2’N 35°03.6’E, 120 m,

8.xii.2016, S. Zonstein (SMNHTAU); 3♀, Elifaz, 29°47.8’N 35°00.8’E, 120 m, 13.ii.2022, S. Zonstein

(SMNHTAU).

Distribution: South-East Mediterranean, Sub-Saharan Africa, Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and India. Introduced to the USA and Mexico ( WSC 2024). This is the first record of the species in Israel.

Habitat: In Israel, the species is found in both natural and anthropogenic environments.