2 research outputs found
Spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Martyan Cape Reserve (Crimea, Ukraine)
140 spider species are discovered on
the territory of Martyan Cape Reserve. Some species are
pointed out for the first time: 5 species – Pocadicnemis
juncea Locket, Millidge, 1953, Pardosa proxima (C.L. Koch,
1847), Philodromus collinus C.L. Koch, 1835, Metellina
mengei (Blackwall, 1870), Tmarus stellio Simon, 1875
for Crimean territory; 5 species – Araeoncus caucasicus
Tanasevitch, 1987, Canariphantes nanus (Kulczyński,
1898), Mesiotelus tenuissimus (L. Koch, 1866), Thantatus
atratus Simon, 1875, Th. imbecillus L. Koch, 1878 for the
territory of Ukraine and 5 species – Malthonica dalmatica
(Kulczynski, 1906), Zygiella keyserlingi (Ausserer, 1871),
Lathys simplex (Simon, 1884), Episinus maculipes Cavanna,
1876, Euryopis sexalbomaculata (Lucas, 1846) for the
territory of the former Soviet Union. The specimens of
Oonopidae family are registered in Crimea for the first time
as well.
The Crimea is the most distant point of finding
for 28 spider species from Martyan Cape Reserve: for 10
species it is last point on the East (Malthonica dalmatica,
Amaurobius erberi, Zygiella keyserlingi, Lathys simplex,
Dysdera longirostris, Gnaphosa moesta, Canariphantes
nanus, Hypsocephalus dahli, Walckenaeria stylifrons,
Episinus maculipes); for 6 species on the North-East
(Maimuna vestita, Aphantaulax cincta, Zelotes tenuis,
Heliophanus simplex, Euryopis sexalbomaculata, Zoropsis
lutea); for 5 species on the West (Dysdera dunini,
Drassyllus crimeaensis, Araeoncus caucasicus, Minicia
caspiana, Palliduphantes khobarum); for other 5 species
on the North (Drassodes serratichelis, Saitis tauricus,
Cozyptila thaleri, Heriaeus orientalis, Zodarion morosum),
and for 2 species on the South (Tegenaria lapicidinarum,
Harpactea azowensis). Four spider species from «Martyan
Cape» Reserve are to be considered as Crimean endemics:
Malthonica podoprygorai, Harpactea doblikae, Synaphris
lehtineni and Neon kovblyuki.
The diagnostic drawings on 8 species of spiders
captured in Crimea: Zygiella keyserlingi, Mesiotelus
tenuissimus, Pardosa tatarica (Thorell, 1875), Mimetus
laevigatus (Keyserling, 1863), Thantatus atratus, Th.
imbecillus, Episinus maculipes, Euryopis sexalbomaculata
are presented. The diagnostic drawings of Euryopis clarus
Ponomarev, 2005 have been made on paratipe exemplars
from Kazakhstan. The species Mesiotelus tenuissimus is
redescribed base on Crimean exemplars. Earlier mentioned
Pocadicnemis pumila (Blackwall, 1841) [Ковблюк, 2004a]
is P. juncea