New Record of Latrodectus tredecimgutatus (Family: Theridiidae:) the Most Medically Important Spider Species from Qom Province, Iran
Leila Shirani Bidabadi1,2, Mulood Mohammadi Bavani3, Fatemeh Janjani4, Abedin Sghafipour5*
1Department of Vector Biology and Control, Faculty of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
2Research Center of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
3Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
4Student Research Committee, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
5Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
Corresponding Author: Abedin Saghafipour
abed.saghafi@yahoo.com
Figure 1:
The study area and collection sites; 1: Markazi, 2: Kahak district, 3: Salafchegan district, 4: Jafarieh district and 5: Khalajestan district.
Figure 2:
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus (from central of Iran) Qom Province, 2020-2021. (Photo by: Abedin Saghafipour)