Kastrygina Z.A.1, Kovblyuk M.M.2 2016. The spider genus Rhysodromus Schick, 1965 in the Crimea (Aranei: Philodromidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.25. No.3: 283–292 [in English].
1 V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Yaltinskaya Str. 4, Simferopol 295007, Crimea. E-mail: zoiac_21@mail.ru ; kovblyuk@mail.ru
2 T.I. Vyazemski Karadag Scientific Station – Nature Reserve of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nauki Str., 24, Kurortnoe Vill., Feodosiya 298188, Crimea.
KEY WORDS: spiders, Rhysodromus, the Crimea, new records, new combinations, new synonym.
ABSTRACT. Two species of Rhysodromus are recorded from the Crimea: R. fallax (Sundevall, 1833) and R. histrio (Latreille, 1819). R. fallax is reported for the Crimean fauna for the first time. Diagnostic drawings, distribution, spatial distribution and phenology for both species in the Crimea are provided. The validity and composition of the genus Rhysodromus are discussed. Here we suggest 24 new combinations: Rhysodromus ablegminus (Szita et Logunov, 2008), comb.n.; R. angulobulbis (Szita et Logunov, 2008), comb.n.; R. caspius (Ponomarev, 2008), comb.n.; R. cinerascens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885), comb.n.; R. halophilus (Levy, 1977), comb.n.; R. hierosolymitanus (Levy, 1977), comb.n.; R. hierroensis (Wunderlich, 1992), comb.n.; R. hui (Yang et Mao, 2002), comb.n.; R. lanchowensis (Shenkel, 1936), comb.n.; R. lepidus (Blackwall, 1870), comb.n.; R. leucomarginatus (Paik, 1979), comb.n.; R. mysticus (Dondale et Redner, 1975), comb.n.; R. naxcivanicus (Logunov et Huseynov, 2008), comb.n.; R. omercooperi (Denis, 1947), comb.n.; R. petrobius (Schmidt et Krause, 1995), comb.n.; R. pictus (Kroneberg, 1875), comb.n.; R. rikhteri (Logunov et Huseynov, 2008), comb.n.; R. signatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869), comb.n.; R. sinaiticus (Levy, 1977), comb.n.; R. timidus (Szita et Logunov, 2008), comb.n.; R. triangulatus (Urita et Song, 1987), comb.n.; R. tuviensis (Szita et Logunov, 2008), comb.n.; R. xerophilus (Szita et Logunov, 2008), comb.n. and R. xinjiangensis (Szita et Logunov, 2008) comb.n.; all ex Philodromus. The species name Rhysodromus omercooperi (Denis, 1947) is synonymized with R. fallax (Sundevall, 1833). Thus, genus Rhysodromus now contains 26 valid species.