Poecilochroa Westring, 1874

Hamid, Majeed Shafi & Al-Khazali, Azhar Mohammed, 2025, Hersiliola babilinus sp. nov. and New Spider Records (Arachnida: Araneae) from Babil Province, Iraq, Ecologica Montenegrina 83, pp. 33-46 : 39-40

Genus Poecilochroa Westring, 1874

Poecilochroa sp. ( Fig. 8 )

Material examined. 2♀♀ ( CBEUS), IRAQ: Babil Province, Saddat Al-Hindiya district , from some agricultural land, 32°42'37.45"N, 44°16'51.81"E, 15 December 2023. Leg. M.S. Hamid .

Habitat. Specimens of this species were collected from under the fallen leaves of a buckthorn tree in an orchard.

Comments. Although the current specimens of this genus are suspected to represent the species Phaeocedus vankeeri , the lack of male specimens prevents definitive identification. Therefore, we have chosen to include these specimens in our study at the genus level, pending the collection of males to confirm their taxonomic status.

Figures

Figure 8: Poecilochroa sp., female. A. habitus, dorsal view; B. habitus, ventral view; C. macerated, ventral view; D. vulva, dorsal view.