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Pholcidae  C. L. Koch, 1850 / Artema  Walckenaer, 1837   4 species

Artema doriae (Thorell, 1881)

Description
Additional information

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Turkey, Azerbaijan, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan. Introduced to Japan
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Distribution List
Azerbaijan   (Nuruyeva et al., 2026) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Aharon S, Huber B A, Gavish-Regev E (2017) Daddy-long-leg giants: revision of the spider genus Artema Walckenaer, 1837 (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 376: 1-57 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 pdf

Nuruyeva T V, Snegovaya N Y, Aliyeva A R (2026) Nine new records of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) from Azerbaijan. Acta Biologica Sibirica 12: 133-143 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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