Sozontov A.N.1, Esyunin S.L.2 2014. On the spider fauna (Arachnida: Aranei) of the ‘Ust’-Belsk’ Natural Park and its vicinities // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.23. No.3: 301–310 [in English].
1 Department of Ecology of Animals, Udmurt State University, Universitetskaya Street 1/1, Izhevsk 426034 Russia.
2 Department of Zoology, Perm State University, Bukireva Street 15, Perm 614600 Russia.
KEY WORDS: spider, fauna, Udmurtia, ‘Ust’-Belsk’ Natural Park.
ABSTRACT. A list of 160 spider species of 20 families collected from the ‘Ust’-Belsk’ Natural Park and its neighbouring area (Karakulino District, Udmurt Republic) is provided. Two spider families, Hahniidae and Mimetidae, and 45 species are reported from Udmurtia for the first time. Faunistic records and habitat preferences for all species and data on distribution of the newly recorded ones are provided.