New Data to the Rare Spider Species (Arachnida, Aranei) from Kyiv Region (Ukraine)

Abstract

Seven rare spider species collected in the Kyiv Region are listed. Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008, Parasyrisca arrbonica Szinetár & Eichardt, 2009, and Enoplognatha bryjai Řezáč, 2016 are recorded for the first time from the East European Plain. P. arrbonica and E. bryjai are new to the spider fauna of Ukraine; Atypus muralis Bertkau, 1890, A. piceus (Sulzer, 1776), and Mustelicosa dimidiata (Thorell, 1875) are new the Kyiv Region. Comments on the geografical distribution and illustrations of four species are provided.

Keywords

• spiders
• new records
• kyiv region
• ukraine
• east european plain