title: Redescription of three species of Filistatidae (Araneae) described by C.F. Roewer from Afghanistan.
abstract: Types of three filistatid species described by Roewer (1960, 1962) from Afghanistan are redescribed and two of them transferred to other filistatid genera. The new combinations proposed are: Zaitunia afghana (Roewer 1962) comb. n. (ex. Filistata Latreille, 1810) and Tricalamus lindbergi (Roewer, 1962) comb. n. (ex. Pritha Lehtinen, 1967). The taxonomic position of Pholcoides afghana Roewer, 1960 is discussed and the species is placed in the filistatid subfamily Prithinae Gray, 1994.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, 69978 Tel-Aviv, Israel.; Email: znn@post.tau.ac.il.
authors.forename: Sergei L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zonstein
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan, Russia; Email: yurmar@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Yuri M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Marusik
authors.affiliation: Zoological Museum, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku Finland; Email: sepkopo@utu.fi.
authors.forename: Seppo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koponen
mesh_terms: D000346:Afghanistan; D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*