First records of Pholcidae (Arachnida, araneae)‎ from Iraq

الملخص EN

The family Pholcidae represented by the species Artema doriae )Thorell, 1881) is recorded in Iraq for the first time.So far, 23 families of spiders have been recorded in Iraq.

In this paper, we add a new family and a description of a species belonging to this family in the checklist of Iraqi spider fauna.