Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958

Al-Khazali, Azhar Mohammed, 2024, New species and records of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Iraq, Ecologica Montenegrina 77, pp. 12-23 : 16-17

Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958 ( Figs 4 .A-E).

Determination. Marusik & Kovblyuk (2009), Zamani et al, (2022).

Material examined. 2♀♀ ( CBEUS). IRAQ: Thi Qar Province , Al-Nassr district, among the remains of straw on agricultural land, 31.542075 °N, 46.053821 °E, 12. December. 2023. Leg. A.M. Al-Khazali .

Diagnosis and description. See Marusik & Kovblyuk (2009), Zamani et al, (2022). Distribution. Afghanistan, Central Asia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq ( Fig. 9 ). Comments. This species was recently recorded from two provinces south of Iraq, Thi Qar and Basra (Zamani et al. 2022). The current specimens were found 75 kilometers from the previous record in Thi Qar.

Figures

Figure 4. Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958 female. A. habitus, dorsal view; B. habitus in ventral view; C-E, epigyne. C. intact, ventral view; D. macerated, ventral view; E. vulva, dorsal view.

Figure 9. Map showing the known distribution of Minosia simeonica Levy, 1995 (rings),Minosiella intermedia Denis, 1958 (triangles), Synaphosus shirin Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 (Red circles), Talanites gilgamesh AL-Khazali, sp. n., (Blue circle(and Talanites sumericus Zamani & Marusik, 2022 (squares).