New data on the fauna and taxonomy of spiders (Aranei) in southern Russia

Abstract

A new species Ozyptila mikhailovi Ponomarev, sp. n. (Thomisidae) is described from the south of the European part of Russia (Rostov Region). It is close to Ozyptila inaequalis (Kulczyński, 1901) and O. tuberosa (Thorell, 1875), from which it differs by the length and curvature of the embolus, its location, and the shape of the tegular ridge. New data on the distribution of 21 species from families Agelenidae, Atypidae, Cheiracanthiidae, Clubionidae, Dysderidae, Gnaphosidae, Linyphiidae, Lycosidae, Nemesiidae, Nesticidae, Salticidae, Theridiidae, Thomisidae are presented. The following species are recorded for the first time in regional faunas: Adygea – Atypus muralis Bertkau, 1890, Zelotes atrocaeruleus (Simon, 1878), Z. latreillei (Simon, 1878), Hogna radiata (Latreille, 1817), Aituaria pontica (Spassky, 1932); Rostov Region – Cheiracanthium gratum Kulczyński, 1897, Lasiargus hirsutus (Menge, 1869), Hogna radiata (Latreille, 1817), Pardosa alacris (C.L. Koch, 1833), Dipoena braccata (C.L. Koch, 1841); Krasnodar Region – Drassodes rostratus Esyunin et Tuneva, 2002; Dagestan – Porrhoclubiona genevensis (L. Koch, 1866), Pellenes epularis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

Keywords

• : araneae
• new species
• distribution
• european russia