Coşar İ.1*, Danışman T.2, Marusik Yu.M.3 2024. Two new species belonging to Coreodrassus and Poecilochroa (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) from Anatolia with comments on taxonomy of both genera // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.33. No.1: 112–124 [in English].
1 Kırıkkale University, Health Services Vocational School, TR-71451, Yahşihan, Kırıkkale, Turkey. E-mail: ilhancsr88@gmail.com
2 Kırıkkale University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Biology, TR-71451, Yahşihan, Kırıkkale, Turkey. E-mail: tarikdani@yahoo.com
3 Institute for Biological Problems of the North, Portovaya Street 18, Magadan 685000 Russia. E-mail: yurmar@mail.ru
* Corresponding author
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.33.1.11
ABSTRACT. Two new species are described from Anatolia: Coreodrassus recepsahini sp.n. (♂♀) and Poecilochroa ilkerakkusi sp.n. (♂). Coreodrassus recepsahini sp.n. differs from the sibling C. semidesertus Ponomarev et Tsvetkov, 2006 (re-illustrated here) by the shape of copulatory organs. Poecilochroa recepsahini sp.n. well differs from P. hamipalpis (Kroneberg, 1875) by contrast leg colouration. Coreodrassus Paik, 1892 is split in two species groups and diagnoses are provided. Poecilochroa Westring, 1874 species known from males are also split in two groups, of which the senilis-group may represent a separate genus. The type locality of the new species of Coreodrassus represents the westernmost record of the genus in the entire range. Coreodrassus boldgivi Jargalsaikhan, Fomichev et Nergui, 2023 syn.n. from Mongolia was found to be a junior synonym of C. murphyi Liu et Zhang, 2023. All distribution records of Coreodrassus species are mapped. The northernmost distribution limits of two genera are briefly discussed as well as Gnaphosidae species endemic and subendemic to Turkey.
KEY WORDS: Araneae, Palaearctic, Turkey, species grouping, distribution limits, illustrated redescription, northernmost records, new synonym.