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Issue: Vol. 5551 No. 1: 11 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.1.1
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A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Afghanistan

Department of Plant and Animal Biology; Faculty of Biological Sciences and Technology; University of Isfahan; Isfahan; Iran
Department of Plant and Animal Biology; Faculty of Biological Sciences and Technology; University of Isfahan; Isfahan; Iran; Department of Biology; Faculty of Education; University of Ghazni; Ghazni; Afghanistan
Zoological Museum; Biodiversity Unit; FI-20014 University of Turku; Turku; Finland
Department of Plant and Animal Biology; Faculty of Biological Sciences and Technology; University of Isfahan; Isfahan; Iran; Department of Biogeography; Trier University; Trier; Germany
Araneae Central Asia fauna Palaearctic South Asia Middle Asia

Abstract

An annotated checklist of the spiders of Afghanistan, comprising 253 species in 134 genera and 32 families, is provided. The list includes 96 and 13 currently considered endemic and subendemic species, respectively. A separate list of rejected records is also presented.

 

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