Marusik Yu.M.1, Mikhailov K.G.2, Omelko M.M.3 2015. Taxonomic notes on spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of the Russian Far East // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.24. No.1: 117–124 [in English].
1 Institute for Biological Problems of the North, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000 Russia. E-mail: yurmar@mail.ru
2 Zoological Museum MGU, Bolshaya Nikitksaya Str. 6, Moscow 125009 Russia. E-mail: mikhailov2000@gmail.com
3 Gornotaezhnaya Station FEB RAS, Gornotaezhnoe Vil., Ussuriysk Dist., Primorski Krai 692533 Russia. E-mail: omelkom@gmail.com
KEY WORDS: Araneae, new synonym, new combination, new status, Far East Asia.
ABSTRACT: Eight species and one genus are synonymized: Micryphantes miniatus Grube, 1861, syn.n. = Hypomma bituberculatum (Wider, 1834); Linyphia melanopleuros Grube, 1861, syn.n. = Megalepthyphantes nebulosus (Sundevall, 1830); Linyphia albomaculata Grube, 1861, syn.n. = Neriene emphana (Walckenaer, 1841); Pardosa bukukun Logunov et Marusik, 1995, syn.n. = P. hanrasanensis Jo et Paik, 1984; Attus dimidiatus Grube, 1861, syn.n. = Carrhotus xanthogramma (Latreille, 1819); Phoroncidia minschana (Schenkel, 1936), syn.n. = Ph. pilula (Karsch, 1879); Steatoda amurica (Strand, 1907), syn.n. = S. albomaculata (De Geer, 1778); Attus fuscostriatus Grube, 1861, syn.n. = Neon reticulatus (Blackwall, 1853); Orientopus Eskov, 1992, syn.n. = Silometopoides Eskov, 1990. A new status (genus) is suggested for Theoneta Eskov et Marusik, 1991 earlier considered a subgenus of Microneta Menge, 1869 with two species M. (T.) aterrima Eskov et Marusik, 1991 and M. (T.) saaristoi Eskov et Marusik, 1991. Pardosa hanrasanensis Jo et Paik, 1984 is removed from synonymy with P. bifasciata (C.L. Koch, 1834). Four names are removed from synonymy with Sitticus avocator (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885): Attus viduus Kulczy?ski, 1895, Sitticus numeratus Bцsenberg et Strand, 1906, S. sibiricus Roewer, 1951 and S. paraviduus Schenkel, 1963; all are synonymized with S. distinguendus (Simon, 1868).