To the knowledge of Moscow City spider fauna: “Losinyi Ostrov” National Park (Arachnida, Aranei)

145 species of spiders belonging to 16 families in the “Losinyi Ostrov” National Park, Moscow City, were found 140 species are new to the National Park, 87 of them are new to the Moscow City, and 11 species are new to the Moscow Area fauna. Distribution between biotopes for each species is presented. A total check-list of 209 spiders of Moscow City is compile

New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Aranei), Part VI

A family (Zoropsidae), five genera (Archaeodictyna Caporiacco, 1928, Microneta Menge, 1869, Sintula Simon, 1884, Zilla C.L. Koch, 1836, Zoropsis Simon, 1878), and 26 spider species are recorded in Iran for the first time. New provincial records for 61 species are presented. Considering the new results, 746 spider species are known from Iran.</p

Spiders of Kola Peninsula, Russia (Arachnida: Aranei)

A checklist of 228 spiders from the Kola Peninsula, Russia is based and compiled on the original collections and on literature data. Some previous misidentifications are rectified. Faunistic data and the distribution pattern are indicated for each species. 48 species are reported to the Kola Peninsula for the first time. The spider fauna of the the Kola Peninsula has a typical boreal face, and is composed of widespread or European boreal/polyzonal specie

To the knowledge of the linyphiid spider fauna (Aranei: Linyphiidae) of limestone steppes in the Russian Plain

A checklist of 28 linyphiid spider species found in limestone steppes in the Ulyanovsk Region, Russia is provided. Fifteen species are new to the region while two, Heterotrichoncus pusillus (Miller, 1958) and Syedra apetlonensis Wunderlich, 1992, are new to the fauna of Russia. Neither specific elements nor particular species complexes inherent to limestone steppes or denudations have been revealed, based on the above material. Two faunistic complexes, western and eastern, are distinguished in the steppe linyphiid fauna of the Russian Plain. The fauna of the western sector is mainly composed of widespread polyzonal species while that of the eastern sector includes a considerable number of specific steppe elements which form the nucleus of the steppe fauna and are largely represented by elements of Asian origin