Four new species of mygalomorph spiders are described on the basis of material collected from south-western Tajikistan and eastern Afghanistan. These are: Anemesia gidzhovak sp. n. (male, female; Tajikistan) [Cyrtaucheniidae], Ummidia dudkoi sp. n. (male; Tajikistan) [Halonoproctidae], Raveniola farkhor sp. n. (male; Tajikistan), and Raveniola zonsteini sp. n. (male; Afghanistan) [Nemesiidae]. The diversity and distribution of mygalomorphs in Central Asia are briefly reviewed.
Zamani, A., & Fomichev, A. A. (2025). Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Journal of Natural History, 59(13–16), 775–793. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468686