Arachnologische Mitteilungen 54

Spider material in Agricultural Zoology Museum of Iran 15 Family Salticidae Blackwall, 1841 Aelurillus marusiki Azarkina, 2002 Identification. Azarkina (2002) Material. Markazi Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Saveh, Yal Abad, pomegranate orchard, 23 May 1999 (A. Bahramishad). Distribution. This species is endemic to Iran, previously re- corded in Fars and Tehran provinces Bianor albobimaculatus (Lucas, 1846) Identification. Logunov (2001) Material. Gilan Province: 1 ) (AZMI), Rasht, Rice Research Institute, rice land, 18 August 1996 (F. Mozaffarian); Gilan Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Rasht, Rice Research Institute, rice land, 28 June 1996 (F. Mozaffarian); Mazandaran Province: 1 ( (AZMI), surroundings of Amol, rice land, 4 May 1996 (F. Mozaffarian); Zanjan Province: 1 ) (AZMI), Abbar-Gilvan Rd. Distribution. Africa, Mediterranean to Russia, Central Asia and India. Iranian provinces: Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Khuzes- tan, Mazandaran, Khorasan-e Razavi and Zanjan. Cyrba ocellata (Kroneberg, 1875) Identification. Wesołowska (1996) Material. Tehran Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Velenjak, agricultu- ral garden, 9 May 2001. Distribution. Sudan to China, Australia. Iranian provinces: Golestan, Mazandaran, Khorasan-e Razavi and Tehran. Heliophanus equester L. Koch, 1867 Identification. Metzner (1999) Material. Alborz Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Mard Abad, Pol-e Ferdows, 8 May 2001 (A. Bahramishad); Zanjan Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Zarrin Abad, near the river, 13 July 2006 (F. Moz- affarian). Distribution. Italy to Iran. Iranian provinces: Fars, Tehran and Azerbaijan-e Gharbi. Heliophanus flavipes (Hahn, 1832) Identification. Metzner (1999) Material. Alborz Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Mard Abad, Pol-e Ferdows, 8 May 2001 (A. Bahramishad); Zanjan Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Zarrin Abad, near the river, 13 July 2006 (F. Moz- affarian). Distribution. Palaearctic. Iranian provinces: Azerbaijan- e Sharghi, Golestan, Mazandaran, Khorasan-e Razavi and Tehran. A re-examination of the material reported as Helio- phanus aeneus (Hahn, 1832) fromKhorasan-e Razavi Province by Namaghi et al. (2014) (deposited in JAZM) confirms that this record should belong to H . flavipes , thus, the presence of the former species in Iran is rejected. Heliophanus mordax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) Identification. Rakov & Logunov (1997) Material. Qazvin Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Takestan, alfalfa field, 5 July 2006 (F. Mozaffarian); 1 ( (AZMI), same date and locality. Distribution. Greece to Central Asia. Iranian provinces: Al- borz, Fars, Lorestan, Mazandaran, Khorasan-e Razavi and Tehran. Heliophanus verus Wesołowska, 1986 Identification. Wesołowska (1986) Material. Golestan Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Gonbad Kavoos, cotton field, 1999 (Khoramly). Distribution. Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran. Iranian provin- ces: Golestan, Kerman, Mazandaran and Tehran. Mendoza canestrinii (Ninni, 1868) Identification. Metzner (1999) Material. Mazandaran Province: 1 ( (AZMI), surroundings of Tonekabon, rice land, 6 August 1996 (F. Mozaffarian); Mazandaran Province: 1 ) (AZMI), surroundings of Toneka- bon, rice land, 19 August 1996 (F. Mozaffarian); Mazandaran Province: 1 ) (AZMI), surroundings of Tonekabon, rice land, 19 August 1996 (F. Mozaffarian). Distribution. West and Central Palaearctic. Iranian provin- ces: Gilan, Golestan and Mazandaran. Pellenes geniculatus (Simon, 1868) Identification. Prószyński (2003) Material. Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Kalus, wheat field, 4 June 2000 (Saeedi). Distribution. West Palaearctic. Iranian provinces: Khorasan- e Razavi. Philaeus chrysops (Poda, 1761) Identification. Prószyński (2003) Material. Mazandaran Province: 1 ( (AZMI), surroundings of Tonekabon, rice land, 6 August 1996 (F. Mozaffarian); Tehran Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Velenjak, agricultural garden, 9 May 2001. Distribution. Palaearctic. Iranian provinces: Alborz, Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiary, Fars, Golestan, Ilam, Kermanshah, Khu- zestan, Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad, Kordestan, Lorestan, Markazi, Mazandaran, Qom, Khorasan-e Razavi, Semnan and Tehran. Phintella castriesiana (Grube, 1861) Identification. Metzner (1999) Material. Mazandaran Province: 1 ( (AZMI), surroundings of Tonekabon, rice land, 19 August 1996 (F. Mozaffarian). Distribution. Palaearctic. Iranian provinces: Gilan and Ma- zandaran. Plexippus paykulli (Audouin, 1826) Identification. Prószyński (2003) Material. Isfahan Province: 1 ) (AZMI), corn field, 2000 (M. Nematollahi). Distribution. Cosmopolitan. Iranian provinces: Golestan, Hor- mozgan, Isfahan, Kerman, Khuzestan, Mazandaran and Tehran. Rudakius cinctus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) Identification. Prószyński (2016) Material. Qazvin Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Zibashahr, 21 No- vember 2000 (A. Bahramishad). Distribution. Azerbaijan to China. Iranian provinces: Tehran. Rudakius spasskyi (Andreeva, Heciak & Prószyński, 1984) Identification. Wesolowska (1996: sub Pseudicius ) Material. Alborz Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Karaj, wheat field, 9 April 2000 (A. Nazari). Distribution. Azerbaijan to Central Asia. Iranian provinces: Gilan, Mazandaran and Khorasan-e Razavi.