Tanasevitch A.V. 2023. New records of linyphiid spiders of the Caucasus and Crimea, Russia (Aranei: Linyphiidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.32. No.4: 518–526 [in English].
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 119071, Russia. E-mail: tanasevitch@gmail.com , and-tan@mail.ru
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.32.4.14
ABSTRACT. New faunistic records of linyphiid spiders from the Caucasus and Crimea are presented. Crosbyarachne bukovskyi Charitonov, 1937 is recorded in the Caucasus for first time. The male genitalic structures of Metopobactrus ascitus (Kulczyński, 1894) are illustrated in detail, a photo of the epigyne of Stemonyphantes agnatus Tanasevitch, 1990 is given. Three species from the list below, Asthenargus caucasicus Tanasevitch, 1987, Mansuphantes ovalis (Tanasevitch, 1987) and T. aequalis (Tanasevitch, 1987), are presumed to be endemic to the Caucasus. Considering the new data, the faunas of linyphiid spiders of the Caucasus and Crimea comprise at least 212 and 94 species, respectively.
KEY WORDS: Faunistic, Arachnida, Palaearctic, mountain fauna.