On spider families (Arachnida: Araneae) new to Armenia

: Zarikian Noushig A, Propistsova Evgenia A, Marusik Yuri M

Publisher: Entomological Society of Israel

: 2021

: Israel Journal of Entomology

: 51

: 103

: 117

: 2224-6304

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6466083

: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/178250196

In this paper, 11 families (Agelenidae, Filistatidae, Hahniidae, Liocranidae, Mimetidae, Mysmenidae,
Oecobiidae, Pholcidae, Phrurolithidae, Sparassidae and Uloboridae), 18 genera and 18 species of spiders new to Armenia are reported. One genus, Mesiotelus Simon, 1897 (Liocranidae) is new to the entire Caucasus. Illustrations are provided for six species.
KEYWORDS: Aranei, spiders, Caucasus, Palaearctic, new records

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