taxonID	type	description	language	source
C26AB54FAF5E536187F6364133BEDC47.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis and description. See Guadanucci and Gallon (2008).	en	Zamani, Alireza, West, Rick C. (2023): A new species of Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 1174: 75-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135
C26AB54FAF5E536187F6364133BEDC47.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Crete to northwestern Iran, southward to northern Sudan (Fig. 5). One species has been described from Cameroon, although it is clearly misplaced in Chaetopelma (see ' Discussion').	en	Zamani, Alireza, West, Rick C. (2023): A new species of Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 1174: 75-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135
84D81DC83CB254A7BFD9CA19952E11F8.taxon	description	Figs 1 A-E, 2 A, B, 3 A-C	en	Zamani, Alireza, West, Rick C. (2023): A new species of Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 1174: 75-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135
84D81DC83CB254A7BFD9CA19952E11F8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet of the new species refers to its type locality in Iran, which was historically known as Persia.	en	Zamani, Alireza, West, Rick C. (2023): A new species of Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 1174: 75-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135
84D81DC83CB254A7BFD9CA19952E11F8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species can be readily distinguished from Ch. concolor, Ch. karlamani, and Ch. turkesi by the bilobed apical portion of its receptacles (vs apical portion with a single lobe; cf. Fig. 2 A with Chatzaki and Komnenov 2019: fig. 4 C-F and Topcu and Demircan 2014: fig. 2 K), in addition to being considerably larger in total body length (36.6 vs 20.5 - 23.5). It differs from Ch. altugkadirorum, Ch. lymberakisi, and Ch. olivaceum by having tubular, more elongated receptacular lobes (vs either globular, or noticeably shorter; cf. Fig. 2 A with Chatzaki and Komnenov 2019: figs 4 A, B, 5 A-D). It can be further diagnosed from the widely distributed Ch. olivaceum by having shorter and less divergent receptacles (vs longer and strongly diverging posteriorly).	en	Zamani, Alireza, West, Rick C. (2023): A new species of Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 1174: 75-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135
84D81DC83CB254A7BFD9CA19952E11F8.taxon	description	Description. Female. Habitus as in Figs 1 A-D, 3 A-C. Total length 36.6. Carapace 13.75 long, 13.15 wide. Eye tubercle as in Fig. 1 E. Eye diameters and interdistances: ALE: 0.42, AME: 0.25 (0.41), PLE: 0.41, PME: 0.38, AME-AME: 0.45 (0.35), PME-PME: 0.81. Each cheliceral furrow with 14 promarginal teeth and 12 mesobasal denticles. Labium with 73 cuspules; 1.98 long, 2.78 wide. Sternum 6.43 long, 6.30 wide. Each maxilla with ca 140 cuspules; 4.60 long, 3.05 wide; with distinct anterior lobe. Colour in life (Fig. 3 A-C): overall body and legs covered in dark brown pubescent pile setae, darker ventrally; carapace with woolly, silvery, golden pubescence; chelicerae with pale golden pile setae; labium and maxillae reddish brown; prolateral setal fringe of maxillae and along cheliceral furrows reddish; legs and abdomen covered with long scattered pale golden guard setae; book lungs light brown; spinnerets uniformly dark brown; scopulae with metallic blue-green iridescence caused by refracted light. Colour in alcohol (Fig. 1 A-C): overall as in live specimen, except for: darker and more prominent background color of body and legs; sternum, labium and maxillae more reddish; patellae with reddish brown stripes; book lungs yellowish brown. Measurements of palp and legs: palp: 22.9 (8.0, 5.1, 5.5, -, 4.3), I: 36.35 (10.9, 7.0, 7.8, 6.4, 4.25), II: 33.5 (9.95, 6.05, 6.7, 5.95, 4.85), III: 31.0 (8.7, 5.8, 5.2, 6.85, 4.45), IV: 39.1 (10.75, 6.4, 7.95, 8.5, 5.5). Spination: palp: Ti: 1 pl, 3 v. I: Ti: 2 v; Mt: 1 v. II: Ti: 2 v. III: Ti: 4 v; Mt: 1 pl, 1 rl, 4 v. IV: Ti: 4 v; Mt: 1 pl, 2 rl, 6 v. Scopulae: on metatarsi I and II very dense and covering ca 4 / 5, less dense on III and IV and covering distal 1 / 3 and 1 / 4, respectively; on tarsus I entire, on II-IV divided by longitudinal row of thick setae. Spinnerets: PLS: basal article: 2.95 long, median article: 2.12 long, apical article: 2.82 long, digitiform. PMS: 1.80 long. Endogyne as in Fig. 2 A, B; receptacles paired, long, slightly diverging, and basally jointed; receptacles narrowing noticeably towards apex, each bearing two long tubular apical lobes; pore glands present all over receptacles, denser on lobes. Male. Unknown.	en	Zamani, Alireza, West, Rick C. (2023): A new species of Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 1174: 75-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135
84D81DC83CB254A7BFD9CA19952E11F8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently, this species is confidently known only from the type locality, which extends the known range of the genus approximately 350 km eastwards (Fig. 5). Two males of Chaetopelma have been photographed in localities very close to the type locality of the new species (Fig. 5): one male in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran (Fig. 3 D), and the other in the surroundings of Sulaymaniyah in Iraq (Fig. 3 E). It is highly likely that both males belong to Ch. persianum sp. nov., although further study of collected material from both sexes is necessary to verify this.	en	Zamani, Alireza, West, Rick C. (2023): A new species of Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Iran. ZooKeys 1174: 75-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1174.109135
