TY - JOUR ID - 27925 TI - Annotated checklist of the spiders of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae) JO - Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics JA - IJAB LA - en SN - 1735-434X AU - Mirshamsi, Omid AU - Marusik, Yuri AU - Zamani, Alireza AU - Moradmand, Majid AU - Kashefi, Roya AD - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran AD - Research Department of Zoological Innovations (RDZI), Institute of Applied Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran AD - School of Biology, College of Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 2015 IS - Special issue SP - 1 EP - 108 KW - Iran KW - Aranei KW - Fauna KW - species KW - Iranian Plateau DO - 10.22067/ijab.vFauna.Iranicai1.50696 N2 - In this checklist 528 spider species and subspecies belonging to 45 families and 230 genera that have been recorded from Iran are presented, of which, 43 records are considered as doubtful. Geographic distributions of all species are presented by main provincial areas of the country. Also, where necessary, we have provided comments on species distribution, species status or possible misidentifications. The list is dominated by members of the families Salticidae (98 species), Linyphiidae (69 species) and Lycosidae (63 species) with 18.7%, 13.1% and 12% of total species, respectively. The level of regional endemism and sub-endemism exceeds 15.5% and 5.6% of total species, respectively. UR - https://ijab.um.ac.ir/article_27925.html L1 - https://ijab.um.ac.ir/article_27925_b1da7001aea99d9d43b20cedb924c1a4.pdf ER -