Redescription of two West Himalayan Cheiracanthium (Aranei: Cheiracanthiidae)

 Two species of Cheiracanthium, known only from the original descriptions, C. adjacens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 and C. approximatum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885, are redescribed based on their types. A lectotype is designated for C. adjacens. The type localities of the two species lie in Himalaya, not in Tibet (Yarkand, Xinjiang, China), as indicated in catalogs. The lectotype (designated here) of C. insulanum (Thorell, 1878) a species described from Ambon, Indonesia is illustrated for the first time. It was found that literature records and figures of C. insulanum refer to C. approximatum. Because of this, seven species considered as junior synonyms of C. insulanum are moved to synonyms of C. approximatum: C. adjacensoides Song, Chen et Hou, 1990, syn.n., C. paradjacens Chen et Gao, 1990, syn.n., C. payateus Barrion et Litsinger, 1995, syn.n., C. tigbauaensis Barrion et Litsinger, 1995, syn.n., C. tingilium Barrion et Litsinger, 1995, syn.n., C. bikakapenalcolium Barrion et Litsinger, 1995, syn.n. and Cheiracanthium hugiscium Barrion et Litsinger, 1995, syn.n.</p

A survey of the Alopecosa cursor species group (Aranei: Lycosidae) from Asia

Species belonging to the Alopecosa cursor group from Central Asia have been surveyed. Four species are recognized: A. cursor (Hahn, 1831) (male female, Iberian Peninsula to Northern Xinjiang and Altai), A. cursorioides Charitonov, 1969 (male female, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and possibly NE Iran), A. passibilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) (male, SW Xinjiang), and A. pentheri (Nosek. 1905) (male female, Italy to Azerbaijan). Alopecosa cursorioides stat.n. was originally described as a subspecies ofA. cursor. A new combination, Alopecosa passibilis comb.n., is suggested for the species originally described in Lycosa and currently considered in Pardosa. A. cursor and A. pentheri occur sympatrically in the Crimea and Caucasus. Faunistic records of these species are often mixed up due to indistinguishable females. Detailed information of distribution, habitat preferences, and phenology of A. cursor and A. pentheri in the Crimea are provided.</p

Figs 1–4 in A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS BERLANDINA (ARANEI: GNAPHOSIDAE) FROM KAZAKHSTAN

Figs 1–4. Berlandina ilika sp. n., male palp. 1 – ventral view; 2 – prolateral view; 3 –Published as part of Fomichev, A.A. & Marusik, Yu.M., 2019, A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS BERLANDINA (ARANEI: GNAPHOSIDAE) FROM KAZAKHSTAN, pp. 13-18 in Far Eastern Entomologist 390 on page 15, DOI: 10.25221/fee.390.2, http://zenodo.org/record/716477

Figs 9–11 in A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS BERLANDINA (ARANEI: GNAPHOSIDAE) FROM KAZAKHSTAN

Figs 9–11. Berlandina ilika sp. n., male. 9 – habitus, dorsal view; 10 – bulb, retrolateralPublished as part of Fomichev, A.A. & Marusik, Yu.M., 2019, A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS BERLANDINA (ARANEI: GNAPHOSIDAE) FROM KAZAKHSTAN, pp. 13-18 in Far Eastern Entomologist 390 on page 17, DOI: 10.25221/fee.390.2, http://zenodo.org/record/716477

A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS BERLANDINA (ARANEI: GNAPHOSIDAE) FROM KAZAKHSTAN

Fomichev, A.A., Marusik, Yu.M. (2019): A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS BERLANDINA (ARANEI: GNAPHOSIDAE) FROM KAZAKHSTAN. Far Eastern Entomologist 390: 13-18, DOI: 10.25221/fee.390.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.390.