A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 5. On Synaphosus from Central Asia

: Marusik YM, Fomichev AA

Publisher: MAGNOLIA PRESS

: 2016

Zootaxa

: ZOOTAXA

: 4178

: 3

: 428

: 442

: 15

: 1175-5326

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.7

Four new species of Synaphosus are described from Central Asia: S. shmakovi sp. n. (female, Western Mongolia), S. ovtsharenkoi sp. n. (male female, Central Mongolia), S. mongolicus sp. n. (female, South-Western Mongolia) and S. saidovi sp. n. (female, Tajikistan). New faunistic records and illustrations of S. palearcticus Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 and S. turanicus Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 are provided. Synaphosus with three named species is recorded for the first time from Mongolia, and S. palearcticus is reported for the first time from Tajikistan.

Aranei, ground spiders, illustrated redescription, Mongolia, Tajikistan