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: Anemesia gidzhovak sp. n. (male, female; Tajikistan) [Cyrtaucheniidae], Ummidia dudkoi sp. n. (male; Tajikistan) [Halonoproctidae], Raveniola farkhor sp. n. (male; Tajikistan), and Raveniola zonsteini sp. n. (male; Afghanistan) [Nemesiidae]. The diversity and distribution of mygalomorphs in Central Asia are briefly reviewed.