Ponomarev A.V.1, Mikhailov K.G.2, Shmatko V.Yu.1 2024. Review of the spider genus Zora C.L. Koch, 1847 (Aranei: Miturgidae) of Ciscaucasia and the Russian Caucasus. New data on the fauna and distribution, with material from neighbouring regions // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.33. No.4: 589–607 [in English].
¹ Federal Research Centre the Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chekhov str., 41, Rostov-on-Don 344006 Russia.
² Zoological Museum MGU, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 2, Moscow 125009 Russia.
Kirill Mikhailov mikhailov2000@gmail.com ORCID 0000-0001-3304-5470
Alexander Ponomarev ponomarev1952@mail.ru ORCID 0000-0001-7448-0383
Vladimir Shmatko antijus@gmail.com ORCID 0000-0001-8180-8543
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.33.4.13
ABSTRACT. Twelve species of Zora C.L. Koch, 1847 are reported from Ciscaucasia and the Russian Caucasus, three of which are described as new: viz., Z. alexeevi sp.n. (♂♀, North Ossetia and Ingushetia), Z. caucasia sp.n. (♂♀, Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia), and Z. dagestana sp.n. (♂, Dagestan). The occurrence of Z. alpina Kulczyński, 1915 in the Caucasus is confirmed. The information on distribution of Z. armillata Simon, 1878, Z. manicata Simon, 1878, Z. nemoralis (Blackwall, 1861), Z. pardalis Simon, 1878 and Z. silvestris Kulczyński, 1897 in Ciscaucasia and the Russian Caucasus is clarified. In addition, Z. osetica Ponomarev, 2021 is recorded from the fauna of South Ossetia for the first time, and Z. parallela Simon, 1878 is first recorded from the Caucasus. An identification key to males of the Caucasian Zora species is provided.
KEY WORDS: Arachnida, Araneae, new species, new records, south of European Russia.