New data on Dysdera Latreille, 1804 and Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (Araneae: Dysderidae) of the Caucasus, with new species and records
Author
Zamani, Alireza
0000-0002-8084-9666
Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI- 20014 University of Turku, Turku 20500, Finland.
zamani.alireza5@gmail.com
Author
Marusik, Yuri M.
0000-0002-4499-5148
Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa. & Altai State University, Lenina Pr., 61, Barnaul, RF- 656049, Russia. & Institute for Biological Problems of the North, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000, Russia.
yurmar@mail.ru
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-01-04
5397
2
195
217
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5397.2.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5397.2.2
1175-5326
10468563
C55178A5-DABB-4615-8443-59B388F99A36
Dysdera azerbajdzhanica
Charitonov, 1956
Figs 3A–D
,
11A–D
,
13B
Dysdera azerbajdzhanica
Charitonov, 1956: 34
, fig. 14 (
³♀
).
Dysdera azerbajdzhanica
:
Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988: 222
, fig. 263, 266 (
³♀
);
Dunin 1992b: 66
, fig. 11 (
³♀
);
Mcheidze 1997: 77
, figs 69, 70 (
³♀
).
Material.
AZERBAIJAN
:
Baku Region
: 3³
1♀
(
ZMMU
)
,
Absheron
Peninsula
,
Wolf Ravine Gate
, [
40°30'N
49°53'E
], 04.2010 (
N. Snegovaya
); 2³ (
ZMMU
)
,
same locality, 03.2010 (
N. Snegovaya
); 1³ (
ZMMU
)
,
Baku
, near
Institute of Zoology
, [
40°30'N
49°53'E
], 03–04.2010 (
N. Snegovaya
)
.
Comments.
This species has been considered in four taxonomic publications (
WSC 2023
) and is relatively well studied. A large amount of material collected in the type locality,
Baku
, has shown some variability in spination (
Dunin 1992b
), although most of the specimens have spination similar to that of the
holotype
. In the lowland of the Kura-Aras (
Azerbaijan
), it inhabits the dry foothills of the Caucasus Major up to
1000 m
, and can be found under stones, in soil cracks, rodent burrows, and often in cotton or cereal (grain) fields (
Dunin 1992b
).
Distribution.
Caucasus (from ca. 43ºN to
38º40'N
). There are over 30 records of this species in the Caucasus region, including
Azerbaijan
,
Georgia
, and the North Caucasus (Dagestan, North Ossetia-Alania) (
Otto 2022
). The majority of the records are from the eastern part of the region. However, the record from
Adjara
in
Georgia
stands out from the other known localities and may potentially refer to another species.