Persiscape zagrosensis sp. n. (Figs. 9C, 11 A–B, 15B) Type material: Holotype ♂ (MHNG), IRAN: Ilam Province: Eyvan, Sarab, 33°42′N 46°25′E, 27 June 1974 (A. Senglet). Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the Zagros Mountains, a long mountain range in Iran, Iraq, and southeastern Turkey, from where the type specimen was collected. Diagnosis: This species is most similar to P. nassirkhanii sp. n. from which it can be distinguished by the embolus proper directed antero-retrolaterally (v. retrolaterally) and by the triangular extension at the base of embolus proper (Ee) (v. rounded) (Figs. 9C, 11A). Description of male: Total length 8.21. Carapace 4.24 long, 2.97 wide. Eye sizes and PME interdistance: AME: 0.16, ALE: 0.24, PME: 0.15, PLE: 0.19, PME–PME: 0.12. Carapace, sternum, labium, chelicera, and maxilla light brown. Carapace with dark margins, two wide, light submarginal bands, two wide, brown lateral bands, and a wide, median light band. Legs the same colour as the carapace, without annulations. Abdomen light gray with two distinct dark gray lateral bands dorsally, without any pattern ventrally. Spinnerets uniformly light yellow. Leg I measurements: 7.24 (1.87, 0.79, 1.63, 1.67, 1.28). Palp as in Figs. 9C, 11 A–B. Patella and tibia with blunt, triangular retrolateral apophyses; extension of the embolus proper triangular, embolus proper directed retrolaterally, lamellar process slightly shorter than embolus proper. Female: Unknown. Distribution: Known only from the type locality in Ilam Province, western Iran (Fig. 15C).

Published as part of Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2020, A review of Agelenini (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) of Iran and Tajikistan, with descriptions of four new genera, pp. 368-386 in Arachnology 18 (4) on page 378, DOI: 10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.368, http://zenodo.org/record/3925217