title: First description of the male of the easternmostHarpacteaspecies,H. parthica(Araneae: Dysderidae).
abstract: Within Dysderidae, Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (178 species) is second only to Dysdera Latreille, 1804 (264 species) in number of species (WSC 2016). Harpactea is distributed from Portugal (Helsdingen 2015) to eastern Iran (Brignoli 1980) and, although there are many publications dealing with the taxonomy of Harpactea, an inclusive revision of the genus has never been done. In a paper on the Dysderidae of the Caucasus Dunin (1992) provided a regional revision of Harpactea.
authors.affiliation: School of Biology, College of Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.. Zamani.alireza5@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zamani
authors.forename: Yuri M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Marusik
authors.forename: Seppo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koponen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D011174:Portugal; D013112:Spiders
keywords: Araneae, Dysderidae