A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

On two poorly known Eurasian dictynid species (Aranei: Dictynidae), with a description of a new genus




AuthorsEsyunin SL, Zamani A, Tuneva TK

PublisherKMK SCIENTIFIC PRESS LTD, MOSCOW STATE UNIV

Publication year2017

JournalArthropoda Selecta

Journal name in sourceARTHROPODA SELECTA

Journal acronymARTHROPODA SEL

Volume26

Issue1

First page 49

Last page62

Number of pages14

ISSN0136-006X

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.26.1.07(external)


Abstract
A new genus and two poorly known species of the Dictynidae from Central Asia are (re)described. Dictyna uzbekistanica Charitonov, 1946, hitherto known from the holotype female from Uzbekistan, is redescribed and illustrated on the basis of the holotype and new material from Iran; it is transferred to a newly erected monotypic genus Kharitonovia gen.n. The widespread Central Asian "Nigma" laeta (Spassky, 1952) known from Tajikistan, western Azerbaijan and Iran is redescribed and illustrated on the basis of newly collected material from Iran. Dictyna uzbekistanica vittata Charitonov, 1946 syn.n. is synonymized with K uzbekistanica (Charitonov, 1946). Four species of the genus Nigma Lehtinen, 1967 are shown to be treated as insertae sedis: "Nigma" conducens (O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) (Egypt), "Nigma" laeta (Spassky, 1952) (Central Asia), "Nigma" linsdalei (Chamberlin et Gertsch, 1958) (California), and "Nigma" longipes (Berland, 1914) (Kenya).



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