Abstract
A new species of agelenid spiders, Draconarius nathiagalicussp. nov., is described and illustrated on the basis of two male specimens collected in Nathia Gali, northeastern Pakistan. This is the fourth species of the genus reported from this country, all belonging to the venustus species-group.
Highlights
Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999 is one of the largest genera within Agelenidae, currently comprising 271 species distributed from Central Asia to Japan in east and Thailand in south, with their highest diversity in China (WSC 2021)
Three species have been described from Pakistan: D. naranensis Ovtchinnikov, 2005, D. latellai Marusik & Ballarin, 2011 and D. pakistanicus Ovtchinnikov, 2005 (Ovtchinnikov and Inayatullah 2005; Marusik and Ballarin 2011)
One more Draconarius species is described on the basis of two male specimens collected in Nathia Gali, northeastern Pakistan
Summary
Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999 is one of the largest genera within Agelenidae, currently comprising 271 species distributed from Central Asia to Japan in east and Thailand in south, with their highest diversity in China (WSC 2021). One more Draconarius species is described on the basis of two male specimens collected in Nathia Gali, northeastern Pakistan.
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