Oecobius putus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876

Zamani, Alireza & Bosselaers, Jan, 2020, The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, European Journal of Taxonomy 726, pp. 38-58 : 44

Oecobius putus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876

Fig. 3C

Oecobius putus – Zamani 2016: 83. — Zamani et al. 2016: 109, figs 36–40 (♂, ♀). — Zamani & Mozaffarian 2017: 13. — Boukan et al. 2018: 23, figs 3a–d (♂).

Material examined

AFGHANISTAN • 1 ♂, 6 ♀♀; Nangrahar Province , NE of Djelalabad; 34°30′ N, 70°33′ E; 8 Aug. 1975; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG .

IRAN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Mazandaran Province, Pol-e Zanguleh ; 36°13′ N, 51°15′ E; 5 Jul. 1975; A. Senglet leg.; MHNG .

Distribution

Egypt, Sudan to Iran, India. Introduced into USA, Mexico ( World Spider Catalog 2020). Newly recorded from Afghanistan.

Records in Iran

Fars, Hormozgan, Khuzestan, Tehran (Zamani 2016; Zamani et al. 2016; Zamani & Mozaffarian 2017; Boukan et al. 2018) and Mazandaran (this paper) Provinces ( Fig. 1 ).

Records in Afghanistan

Nangrahar Province (this paper) ( Fig. 1 ).

Figures

Fig. 3. Live habitus and tent web of oecobiids. A. Oecobius ferdowsii Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2017, ♀. B. Oecobius nadiae (Spassky, 1936), ♀. C. Oecobius putus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876, ♂. D. Uroctea thaleri Rheims, Santos & van Harten, 2007, juvenile. E. Uroctea grossa Roewer, 1960, ♀. F. Tent web of Uroctea grossa. A–C, E–F by Alireza Zamani; D courtesy of Mahmoud Kolnegari.

Fig. 1. Distribution of Oecobius Lucas, 1846 in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. yellow circles = O. cellariorum (Duges, 1836; pink stars = O. fahimii Zamani & Marusik, 2018; blue squares = O. ferdowsii Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2017; cyan triangle = O. ilamensis Zamani, Mirshamsi & Marusik, 2017; green hexagons = O. nadiae (Spassky, 1936); red triangles = O. putus O. Pickard- Cambridge, 1876; black diamonds = O. tadzhikus Andreeva & Tyschchenko, 1969.