Kovblyuk M.M., Nadolny A.A. 2007. Malthonica dalmatica (Kulczy?ski, 1906) from the Crimea, a spider new to the former Soviet Union (Aranei: Agelenidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.16. No.1: 19–22 [in English].

Zoology Department, V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, 4 Yaltinskaya str., Simferopol 95007 Ukraine. E-mail: kovblyuk@mail.ru

KEY WORDS: spiders, Malthonica dalmatica, redescription, fauna, the Crimea.

ABSTRACT. Malthonica dalmatica (Kulczy?ski, 1906) is recorded from the southern coast of the Crimea. It is the north-easternmost locality of M. dalmatica hitherto known from Italy, Croatia (Dalmatia), Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus and Israel;  this is the first record from the former Soviet Union. This species is redescribed and illustrated on the basis of the Crimean specimens.

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