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We report the first records of the poorly known crab spider Tmarus longicaudatusMillot, 1942 in Mauritania, Namibia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The new record in Mauritania extends the distribution of the species by almost 2750 km to the west from the closest and type locality in Niger. The new record in Namibia is 1000 km north of the closest locality in South Africa. New records in the UAE are more than 900 km east of the closest locality in central Saudi Arabia. Using all available records, we present the known distribution of the species and its climate-based predicted range, indicating a wide distribution in arid to semi-arid regions. Considering its wide expected distribution, extending throughout Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, integrative taxonomic studies are needed to clarify the species status of this masquerading spider. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Platythomisus sudeepi Biswas, 1977 is newly recorded in Sri Lanka from six localities, extending its current distribution in southern Asia. General and genital morphology of males and females are illustrated and described; the male is illustrated for the first time. Further, notes on stalking and egg sack construction behaviour are given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The replacement name Xysticus logunovorumnomen novum is proposed for the crab spider species Xysticus logunoviOno & Martens, 2005, which is preoccupied by Xysticus logunoviSeyfulina & Mikhailov, 2004. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tagulis granulosusSimon, 1895, from Sierra Leone, is redescribed based on the female type specimen. Morphological similarities of external and internal genitalia of T. granulosus and T. mystacinusSimon, 1895 from Sri Lanka are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]