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Spider material in Agricultural Zoology Museum of Iran 9 Material. Zanjan Province: 1 ) (AZMI), Abbar-Gilvan Rd. Distribution. Palaearctic. Iranian provinces: Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiary, Azerbaijan-e Gharbi or Azerbaijan-e Sharghi, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Khorasan-e Ra- zavi and Zanjan. Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772) Identification. Bjørn (1997), Jäger (2012) Material. Yazd Province: 1 ( (with mating plug) (AZMI), Mehriz, pomegranate and citrus orchards. Distribution. Old World. Iranian provinces: Ardabil, Fars, Kerman, Mazandaran, Khorasan-e Razavi, Khorasan-e Jonu- bi, Tehran and Zanjan. Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) Identification. Levi (2002), Roberts (1995) Material. Mazandaran Province: 1 ( (AZMI), surroundings of Amol, rice land, 21 July 1996 (F. Mozaffarian); Mazanda- ran Province: 2 (( (AZMI), surroundings of Amol, rice land, 21 July 1996 (F. Mozaffarian). Distribution. Holarctic. Iranian provinces: Gilan, Golestan, Isfahan, Mazandaran and Zanjan. Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) Identification. Šestáková et al. (2014) Material. Zanjan Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Khanchay, field by the river. Distribution. Holarctic. Iranian provinces: Golestan and Kerman. Leviellus caspicus (Simon, 1889) Identification. Levi (1974) Material. Tehran Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Tehran, Darband, October 1996 (F. Mozaffarian); Yazd Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Yazd, Taft, pomegranate orchard, 24 October 1998 (Ghayoo- mi, Jafari). Distribution. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turk- menistan and Iran. Iranian provinces: Tehran. Our material from Yazd Province is the southernmost record in the whole known distribution range. Mangora acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802) Identification. Levy (1987), Roberts (1995) Material. Markazi Province: 25 (( (AZMI), Saveh, Yal Abad, pomegranate orchard, 19 April 1998 (F. Mozaffarian); Teh­ ran Province: 1 ( (AZMI),Varamin, Yam village, pomegranate orchard (A. Bahramishad). Distribution. West Palaearctic. Iranian provinces: Alborz, Gilan, Golestan, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Semnan and Tehran. Neoscona adianta (Walckenaer, 1802) Identification. Ledoux (2008), Roberts (1995) Material. Golestan Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Gonbad Kavoos, cotton field, summer 1999 (Khoramly). Distribution. Palaearctic. Iranian provinces: Alborz, Ardebil, Gilan, Golestan, Isfahan, Kordestan, Mazandaran, Qazvin and Tehran. Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) Identification. Levy (1998) Material. Yazd Province: 1 ( (AZMI), Mehriz, pomegranate and citrus orchards, 19 June 1998 (Ghayoomi, Jafari). Distribution. Old World. Iranian provinces: Golestan, Ker- man, Markazi and Mazandaran. Singa hamata (Clerck, 1757) Identification. Roberts (1995) Material. Mazandaran Province: 1 sub ( (AZMI), surround- Fig. 1: Map of Iran with provincial boundaries