Marusik Yu.M. 2024. A new species of Psammitis (Aranei: Thomisidae) from southeastern Kazakhstan // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.33. No.2. P.260–266 [in English].
Institute for Biological Problems of the North FEB RAS, Magadan 685000 Russia.
Yuri Marusik yurmar@mail.ru https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4499-5148
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.33.2.13
ABSTRACT. A new species, Psammitis khamenkovae sp.n., is described based on both sexes from the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains in the environs of Almaty, Kazakhstan. The new species is close to P. gobiensis (Marusik et Logunov, 2002) and P. courti (Marusik et Omelko, 2014) but differs in the shape of epigyne and male palp. Distribution records of three similar species: Psammitis khamenkovae sp.n., P. gobiensis and P. courti are mapped. Five species are transferred from Xysticus C.L. Koch, 1835 to Psammitis Menge, 1876 and five new combinations are established: P. alpinistus (Ono, 1978) comb.n., P. atevs (Mcheidze, 1971) comb.n., P. marmorata (Thorell, 1875) comb.n., P. mugur (Marusik, 1990) comb.n. and P. parallela (Simon, 1873) comb.n. Two generic names Psammitis and Spiracme Menge, 1876 are briefly discussed and it is shown that they are to be regarded as feminine in gender.
KEY WORDS: Araneae, spider, China, Mongolia, Trans-Ili Alatau, Tuva, Xysticus.