@article{Zamani_Bosselaers_2020, title={The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan}, volume={726}, url={https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1173}, DOI={10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173}, abstractNote={<p>The taxonomic and faunistic status of the spider family Oecobiidae in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan is revised. A new species, namely <em>Uroctea gambronica</em> sp.&nbsp;nov. (♂) is described from southern Iran, and the male of <em>U. grossa</em> Roewer, 1960 is described and illustrated for the first time. Additionally, new faunistic data are provided, including the first records of <em>Oecobius putus</em> O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 and <em>U.&nbsp;grossa</em> in Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, respectively, and the re-evaluation of previously misidentified and questionable records of this family in the region. The known distribution ranges of all species are mapped for these three countries.</p>}, number={1}, journal={European Journal of Taxonomy}, author={Zamani, Alireza and Bosselaers, Jan}, year={2020}, month={Dec.}, pages={38-58} }