Satyrex arabicus Zamani & von Wirth, 2025

Described by Volker von Wirth, Alireza Zamani

Common name: Arabian black tarantula

♂ Male described

Female © Zamani et al. (2025), fig. 23D, a live female at the type locality. No preserved female was available, so this sex remains formally undescribed. Photo: Ibrahim Mohssin Fageeh

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Zamani, A., von Wirth, V., Fabiánek, P., Höfling, J., Just, P., Korba, J., Petzold, A., Stockmann, M., Elmi, H. S. A., Vences, M. & Opatova, V. (2025). Size matters: a new genus of tarantula with the longest male palps, and an integrative revision of Monocentropus Pocock, 1897 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Eumenophorinae). ZooKeys 1247: 89-126.

Distribution

Saudi Arabia

Type Locality: SAUDI ARABIA, Jazan Province, Faifa Mountains

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 2 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near where these males were collected, Saudi Arabia. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 335 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Etymology

The specific epithet refers to the distribution of the species in Saudi Arabia.

Specimen Records (2)

SMNS-Aran-004393 ♂ Holotype Saudi Arabia

Faifa Mountains, Jazan

July 2024 · col. I. M. Fageeh

Holotype male of Satyrex arabicus. Total length 25.5 mm.

SMNS-Aran-004394 ♂ Paratype Saudi Arabia