Abstract
Four new species of lycosids from Iran are described: Lycosa soboutii sp. n. (♀, Zanjan Province), Karakumosa golestanica sp. n. (♂, Golestan Province), K. sarvari sp. n. (♂, Razavi Khorasan Province), and K. yahaghii sp. n. (♂, South Khorasan Province). Karakumosa shmatkoi Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 (♂, Razavi Khorasan Province) is reported from Iran for the first time, and its male is redescribed.
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