FIRST RECORD OF THE CELLAR SPIDER GENUS NITA HUBER & EL-HENNAWY, 2007 (ARANEAE, PHOLCIDAE) FROM IRAQ

Ishraq Mohammed Baker; Hayder Badry Ali; Hula Younis Fadhil

doi:10.26842/binhm.7.2019.15.4.0403

Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum (Dec 2019)

FIRST RECORD OF THE CELLAR SPIDER GENUS NITA HUBER & EL-HENNAWY, 2007 (ARANEAE, PHOLCIDAE) FROM IRAQ

Ishraq Mohammed Baker,
Hayder Badry Ali,
Hula Younis Fadhil

Affiliations

Ishraq Mohammed Baker: Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
Hayder Badry Ali: Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
Hula Younis Fadhil: Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2019.15.4.0403
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 4
pp. 403 – 411

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The current study presents the cellar spiders genus NitaHuber & El-Hennawy, 2007 (Araneae, Pholcidae) as the first record for Iraq spider fauna, this genus represented by the species Nita elsaffHuber & El-Hennawy, 2007 were identified based on morphological characteristics and DNA sequence data. A short morphological description is also presented for cellar spiders listed in Iraq; including this species in addition to Artema AtlantaWalckenaer, 1837.

Published in Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum

ISSN: 1017-8678 (Print); 2311-9799 (Online)
Publisher: University of Baghdad
Country of publisher: Iraq
LCC subjects: General Works: Museums. Collectors and collecting; Science: Natural history (General)
Website: https://jnhm.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BINHM/

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