A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae) Author Zonstein, Sergei Author Marusik, Yuri Author Omelko, Mikhail text Zoology in the Middle East 2015 61 4 372 385 journal article 10.1080/09397140.2015.1095525 a55cada0-a34a-4733-ba22-22c096b3c07b 807961 Hyptiotes Walckenaer, 1837 This is a relatively small genus with 14 species distributed chiefly in the Holarctic ( Platnick, 2014 ). Only three species are known outside of the region, in southern India, Sri Lanka and South Africa ( Platnick, 2014 ). Although three species of Hyptiotes are known from the Mediterranean and two from the Eastern Mediterranean ( Helsdingen, 2014 ), this genus was not previously reported from Israel.