Arachnologische Mitteilungen 54

Arachnologische Mitteilungen / Arachnology Letters 54: 8-20 Karlsruhe, September 2017 The department of Agricultural Zoology, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection houses a museum with collec- tions of different groups of animals, including a collection of spiders.The collection was originally made by Fariba Mozaf- farian in 1996 and was partly studied by the subsequent cu- rators (e.g. Mozaffarian et al. 2000, Mozaffarian 2000, Moz- affarian & Tirgari 2000, Ghavami 2006). Further study was made by Zamani (2015), as a result of which, a total of 180 specimens, belonging to 25 families, 60 genera and 77 species was identified, including nine new species records for the fau- na of Iran. In the present paper, we aim to report the results of an investigation on a larger bulk of the material deposited in this museum, which was not included in the previous studies. A total of 634 specimens were examined. A small portion of these specimens containing undetermined and undescribed species will be dealt with in future publications. Material and methods The collection was thoroughly revised between January and March 2017.The epigynes were removed, cleared and cleaned with 10 % KOH. Nomenclature and distribution information follow Zamani et al. (2017). Information on the previous Ira- nian records of the species (and not including the new provin- cial records) are mentioned as “Iranian provinces” (Fig. 1) and are based on Zamani et al. (2017).Taxonomic references with reliable illustrations were used for identification of the mate- rial, and are cited throughout the text for each species, but the full list of taxonomic references can be found at World Spider Catalog (2017). Collection data are given in as much detail as possible, but still, for some records even the year or province is unknown, or only the province is known (those studied spe- cimens without any labels are not included in this paper, but deposited in the collection). Photographs were made using an Olympus SC100 camera attached to an Olympus SZ-61 stereomicroscope at the entomology lab of the Shiraz Uni- versity of Medical Sciences. Depositories (including those for re-examined and comparative material) involve the following institutions and abbreviations: Agriculture Zoology Museum, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (AZMI), Jalal Afshar Zoological Museum of University of Tehran ( JAZM). List of species Family Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837 Agelescape gideoni Levy, 1996 Identification. Levy (1996) Material. Tehran Province: 1 ) (AZMI), Shahriar, Andisheh, apple garden, 8 May 2001 (A. Bahramishad). Distribution. Turkey to Iran. Iranian provinces: Alborz, Ma- zandaran and Tehran. Family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 Aculepeira talishia (Zawadsky, 1902) Identification. Levi (1977) Material. Tehran Province: 2 ))  2 (( (AZMI), Varjin Conser- ved Area, 35°55'30"N, 51°36'41"E, alt. 253 m. (F. Mozaffa­ rian); Zanjan Province: 1 ) 3 (( 1j (AZMI), Khanchay, field by the river. Distribution. Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran. Ira- nian provinces: Mazandaran and Azerbaijan-e Gharbi. Our new record from Tehran (southern slopes of Central Alborz Mountains) is the easternmost in the whole known range. Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) Identification. Bjørn (1997),  Jäger (2012) Further spider (Arachnida: Araneae) material deposited in the Agricultural Zoology Museum of Iran (AZMI), Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection Alireza Zamani & Fariba Mozaffarian doi: 10.5431/aramit5403 Abstract. The results of the examination of further spider material deposited in the Agricultural Zoology Museum of Iran, Iranian Re- search Institute of Plant Protection (Tehran, Iran), are reported, most of them from cereal fields and fruit orchards. A total of 634 speci- mens were studied, out of which, 106 species belonging to 70 genera and 27 families were identified. Five species are recorded for the fauna of Iran for the first time and documented by photos: Brigittea civica (Lucas, 1850) (Dictynidae), Pardosa roscai (Roewer, 1951) (Ly- cosidae), Tetragnatha isidis (Simon, 1880) (Tetragnathidae), Trachyzelotes miniglossus Levy, 2009 and Zelotes tenuis (L. Koch, 1866) (both Gnaphosidae). New provincial records are provided for additional 64 species. Earlier records of Heliophaneus aeneus (Hahn, 1832) in Iran are corrected to Heliophanus flavipes (Hahn, 1832) based on the re-examination of original material. Subsequently, H. aeneus has to be removed from the Iranian Checklist. Keywords: fauna, Middle East, museum collection, new records, range extensions Zusammenfassung. Weiteres Spinnenmaterial (Arachnida: Araneae) aus dem Agricultural Zoology Museum of Iran (AZMI), Ira- nian Research Institute of Plant Protection. Ergebnisse der Untersuchung weiteren Spinnenmaterials aus dem Agricultural Zoology Museum of Iran, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (Tehran, Iran), werden vorgestellt, der Großteil von Getreidefeldern und Obstplantagen. Insgesamt wurden 634 Individuen aus 106 Arten, 70 Gattungen und 27 Familien bestimmt. Fünf Arten wurden erstmals für den Iran nachgewiesen und werden mithilfe von Fotos dokumentiert: Brigittea civica (Lucas, 1850) (Dictynidae), Pardosa roscai (Roe- wer, 1951) (Lycosidae), Tetragnatha isidis (Simon, 1880) (Tetragnathidae), Trachyzelotes miniglossus Levy, 2009 und Zelotes tenuis (L. Koch, 1866) (beide Gnaphosidae). Für weitere 64 Arten werden Neunachweise für iranische Provinzen vorgelegt. Frühere Nachweise von Helio- phanus aeneus (Hahn, 1832) aus dem Iran stellten sich nach einer Untersuchung des Originalmaterials als fehlbestimmte Exemplare von Heliophanus flavipes (Hahn, 1832) heraus. H. aeneus muss dementsprechend von der iranischen Checkliste entfernt werden. Alireza Zamani, School of Biology, College of Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran; E-mail: zamani.alireza5@gmail.com Fariba Mozaffarian, Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organi- zation, P.O. Box 1454, 19395, Tehran, Iran; E-mail: faribamozaffarian@gmail.com submitted 18.3.2017, accepted 15.5.2017, online 20.7.2017