Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865)

Zamani, Alireza, Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Mirshekar, Ali, Mayvan, Mahmood Mehrafrooz, Kováč, Ľubomír & Marusik, Yuri M., 2025, New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part XII, Zootaxa 5601 (1), pp. 1-45 : 3-5

Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865) *

Figs 3A‒E , 4A‒B

Neoscona vigilans : Grasshoff 1986: 95, figs 141‒145 (♂ ♀).

For a list of 44 taxonomic references, see WSC (2025).

Material. IRAN: Sistan & Baluchistan Prov.: 1♂ 1♀ ( ZMUT), Chabahar, 25°18'17"N 60°38'37"E, 30 m, 20.03.2020 (M. Enayatnia) .

Distribution. Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia to Japan. New to Iran (the northernmost record in West Palaearctic).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Neoscona vigilans, female (A, D, E) and male (B, C). A, B—habitus, dorsal view; C—tibia II, ventral view; D, E—intact epigyne, lateral and ventral views. Scale bars: 0.2 mm, unless otherwise indicated.

FIGURE 4. Male palp of Neoscona vigilans. A—prolateral view; B—ventral view. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.