On Araniella and Neoscona (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Caucasus, Middle East and Central Asia Author Zamani, Alireza Author Marusik, Yuri M. Author Sestakova, Anna text ZooKeys 2020 906 13 40 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.906.47978 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.906.47978 1313-2970-906-13 EF6D38B4B1A3402BB7642DACCA490AC7 33B523D44A1E5FECBC706B74B9397519 Neoscona tedgenica (Bakhvalov, 1978) Fig. 18 Araneus tedgenicus Bakhvalov, 1978: 790, figs 1-4 (♀). Aculepeira tedgenica : Brignoli 1983 : 255. Diagnosis. Neoscona tedgenica differs from the closely similar N. spasskyi in the shape of the posterior area of the scape (triangulate vs. rounded) and the dorsal abdominal pattern (white "true" folium on a dark background in N. tedgenica , vs. dark "incomplete" folium on a light background in N. spasskyi ). Comments. See under Neoscona spasskyi (Brignoli, 1983). Types of this species are lost along with the rest of the private collection of Bakhvalov. Distribution. Turkmenistan ( Bakhvalov 1978 ).