Esyunin S.L.1, Efimik V.E.1, Nekhaeva A.A.2,3, Kim L.V.3, Valuev V.A.4, Kabdrakhimov A.A.5, Tuneva T.K.6, Akhmedenov K.M.5 2025. New data on the spider (Arachnida: Aranei) fauna of Mangystau Oblast, Kazakhstan // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.34. No.3: 426–446 [in English].
1 Perm State University, Bukireva Street 15, Perm 614600 Russia.
2 A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy ave. 33, Moscow 119071 Russia.
3 Institute of Zoology, 93 al-Farabi Str., Almaty 050060 Kazakhstan.
4 Institute of Ecological Expertise and Bioinformation Technologies, Parkovaya St. 36, Yumatovo village, Ufimsky district, Republic of Bashkortostan 450571 Russia.
5 Mahambet Utemisov West Kazakhstan University, Nazarbayev ave. 162, Uralsk 090000 Kazakhstan.
6 Institute of Plants and Animals Ecology, the Ural branch of the RAS, 8 March Str. 202, Ekaterinburg 620144 Russia.
Sergei Esyunin: esyunin@mail.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3813-1316
Viktor Efimik: efimik.viktor@mail.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9044-1074
Anna Nekhaeva: adrealinea@gmail.com ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4972-2122
Leonid Kim: kim.leonid2606@mail.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1916-7639
Viktor Valuev: valuyevva@mail.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7029-1593
Alibi Kabdrakhimov: Kab.ali93@mail.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3721-1691
Tat’yana Tuneva: tuneva@ipae.uran.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8544-4943
Kazhmurat Akhmedenov: kazhmurat78@mail.ru ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7294-0913
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.3.15
ABSTRACT. A list of 84 spider species of Mangystau Oblast is provided, with the family Dysderidae and 39 species being recorded from there for the first time; five species are first found in Kazakhstan: viz., Argiope ahngeri Spassky, 1932, Uroctea grossa Roewer, 1960, Oxyopes badhyzicus Mikhailov et Fet, 1986, Evarcha nenilini Rakov, 1997, and Theridion arsia Zamani et Marusik, 2021. Distribution of all species that are new to Kazakhstan and Mangystau Oblast is discussed. Three species are described as new: viz., Eresus mangyshlakensis sp.n. (♂), Lycosa kuryk sp.n. (♀), Xysticus utochkini sp.n. (♂). A new synonymy has been established: Minosia simeonica Levy, 1995, syn.n. = Minosia karakumensis (Spassky, 1939). Based on the results of the present study and earlier published data, the total number of spider species recorded from Mangystau Oblast has increased to 195 species in 26 families.
KEY WORDS: Araneae, spider, fauna, new species, new synonym, new records, southern-western Kazakhstan.