Four new species of Mygalomorphae (Araneae) from Tajikistan and Afghanistan

Four new species of mygalomorph spiders are described on the basis of material collected from south-western Tajikistan and eastern Afghanistan. These are: <em>Anemesia gidzhovak</em> <strong>sp. n.</strong> (male, female; Tajikistan) [Cyrtaucheniidae], <em>Ummidia dudkoi</em> <strong>sp. n.</strong> (male; Tajikistan) [Halonoproctidae], <em>Raveniola farkhor</em> <strong>sp. n.</strong> (male; Tajikistan), and <em>Raveniola zonsteini</em> <strong>sp. n.</strong> (male; Afghanistan) [Nemesiidae]. The diversity and distribution of mygalomorphs in Central Asia are briefly reviewed. <br>