Thyene imperialis (Rossi, 1846) Specimens examined: Al-Ajban, 2♂, 1 ♀, 9.xi��� 7.xii. 2005, LT; 1♂, 1♀, 7428. xii. 2005, MT; 1♂, 27. v- 26.vi. 2006, MT; 1♂, 27.iii. 2008, HC, leg. K. Mahmood. N of Ajman, 2♂, lI- 16.xi. 2006, WT; 1♂, 22.ix-l 7. x. 2008, WT. Fujairah, 1♂, 5. iii ~ 6. iv. 2005, LT. Ghayl, 1♂, l 7.iii. 2008, HC. Hatta, 1♂, 19- 28. iii. 2006, LT. 7 km S of al-Jazirat al-Hamra, 1♂ ���, 4.1.2005, HC; 1♂, 27.11.2006, HC. S of Ras al- Khaimah, 16, 8. iii. 2008, HC. Sharjah, 1♀, 28.vi��� 23. vii. 2005, LT. Sharjah Desert Park, 1♂, 5- 6.x. 2004, HC; 18, I 7.xi. 2004, HC; 1♀, 3.1112005, HC; 1♀, 2 l. vii- 5. viii. 2005, LT; 1♂, 2 l��� 28.v. 2007, LT; 1♀, I 4. ii-I. iv. 2008, LT. NARC, near Sweihan, 1♂, I 4. iii~ 2. iv. 2005, LT. Near Um al-Quwain, 1♂ ���, 23- 26.vi. 2008, WT. Wadi Bih dam, 1♂, I 7-25. iii. 2008, LT. Wadi Maidaq, 1♀, 29.xi- 22. xi 1.2005, LT; 2♂, 4 -���l 5.ii. 2006, WT; 1♂, 7 -l 4.iii. 2006, WT; 1♂, 29. iii-I 0. iv. 2006, WT; 1♀, 27. vi ~ 29.Vii. 2006, MT; 1♂, 1♀, 29.vii- 26.viii. 2006, MT; 3♂, 1 ♀, 24.ix��� 22.x. 2006, WT; 3♂, 26.x��� 9.xi. 2006, WT; 1♂, 18.xil 5.xii. 2007, PT; 2♂, 20.i��� 3.ii. 2008, WT; 1♂, 2 ♀, 3 -I 7.ii. 2008, WT. Wadi Safad, 1♂, 1♀, 28.xi- I. xii. 2005, WT; 2♂, 1♀, 26.Xii. 2005 - 2.i. 2006, WT. Wadi Shawkah, 1♂, 31.x- 27.xi. 2006, WT; 2♂, 1- 9. iv. 2007, WT; 2♂, 5 12. v. 2007, WT; 1♂, 30.vi~ 2. viii. 2007, WT; 1♂, 20. i���l 8.ii. 2008, WT; 1♂, 3- 18. ii. 2008, WT; 1 1♂ gi, 25. v 12.vi. 2008, WT. Wadi Wurayah, 1♂, 14: xi. 2006, HC. Al-Wathba wetland reserve, 1♂, 2 juv., 23.viii. 2004, HC. Description: See Metzner (1999). Distribution: A species Widely distributed in eastern Africa and southern Asia. New to the UAE.

Published as part of Wesolowska, W. & van Harten, A., 2010, Order Araneae, pp. 27-69 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE, Abu Dhabi :Dar Al Ummah on pages 59-60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.269135