Further notes on the spider fauna (Aranei) of southern Russia

Abstract

Tree new species of spiders from the families Gnaphosidae and Lycosidae are described from the south of Russia (Republic of Dagestan, Republic of North Ossetia–Alania). Anagraphis mirifca Ponomarev, sp. n. is similar to A. ochracea (L. Koch, 1867), from which it difers in the structure of the epigyne; the new species has an epigynal pit in the middle with a wide longitudinal septum with large pockets along the margins. Alopecosa parva Ponomarev, sp. n. is close to A. cronebergi (Torell, 1875), and it is diferent in the signifcantly smaller body size, darker colouration, details in the structure of the bulbus, in particular the shape and arrangement of teeth at the apex of the tegular process. Data on the frst records of Mesiotelus scopensis Drensky, 1935 (Liocranidae) in Russia and Pellenes sibiricus Logunov et Marusik, 1995 in the Caucasus are presented. New localities of Mesiotelus kravetsi Fomichev, Zamani et Marusik, 2024 in Dagestan are indicated with a brief description of a previously unknown female of this species.

Keywords

• araneae
• spiders
• new species
• new fndings
• ciscaucasia
• north caucasus