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First record of Poltys nagpurensis from Iran 7 References Keswani S 2015 New record of spider Poltys illepidus (Araneae: Arane- dae) [sic] from India. – Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(1): 8-11 Kulkarni S & Smith H 2013 First record of Poltys columnaris Thorell, 1890 (Araneae: Araneidae) from western Ghats, India. – Journal of Threatened Taxa 5: 4524-4526 Rajoria A 2015 Redescription of Poltys illepidus C.L.Koch,1843 with first record of male from India. – Indian Journal of Arachnology 4(2): 6-9 Rithe K 2012 Spider diversity from relocated area of Melghat Tiger reserve. – Indian Journal of Arachnology 1(2): 92-105 Shirbhate MV & Shirbhate AM 2017 Diversity and distribution of spider fauna (family- Araneidae) in and around Katepurna Sanctuary, Akola, India. – Environment Conservation Journal 18(3): 45-52 Smith HM 2005 A preliminary study of the relationships of taxa included in the tribe Poltyini (Araneae, Araneidae). – Journal of Arachnology 33: 468-481 – doi: 10.1636/04-76.1 Smith HM 2006 A revision of the genus Poltys in Australasia (Ara- neae: Araneidae). – Records of the Australian Museum 58: 43-96 – doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1465 Tanikawa A 2007 An identification guide to the Japanese spiders of the families Araneidae,Nephilidae andTetragnathidae.Arachno- logical Society of Japan, Sendai City. 121 pp. Tikader BK 1982 Family Araneidae (= Argiopidae), typical orbwea- vers. – Fauna India (Araneae) 2: 1-293 Warghat NE, Sharma NR, Chirde SG & Chandrakar MR 2010 Distribution of spiders from foothill agricultural fields of Satpura mountain range of Amravati district, Maharashtra, India. – Bio­ science Biotechnology Research Communications 3: 150-153 WSC 2018 World spider catalog. Version 19.5. Natural History Museum Bern. – Internet: http://wsc.nmbe.ch (November 14, 2018) – doi: 10.24436/2 Zamani A, Mirshamsi O, Marusik YM & Moradmand M 2018The checklist of the spiders of Iran. Version 2018. – Internet: http://www.spiders.ir (April 23, 2018) Fig. 3: Comparison of the epigyne of Poltys nagpurensis from Iran and the holotype. The black arrows show different shapes of the plates caused by different dorso-ventral position of the epigyne. a–d. specimen from Iran, epigyne macerated (b–c) and non-macerated (a, d) ; e–h. holotype; a , e. posterior; b, f. dorsal; c, d, g, h. ventral. Abbreviations: Fo – fovea, Lp – lat- eral plates, Re – receptacles, Ps – posterior sclerotization, Sc – scape, Se – septum Fig. 4: Published records of Poltys nagpurensis from India and new record from Iran. Yellow circles – accepted records from India and new record from Iran; yellow circle with star – type locality; red circle – misidentified as P. illepidus