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 Neon Simon, 1876 Neon is a relatively large genus with 27 species ( Platnick, 2014 ). Most species are restricted to the Holarctic. Although the genus has a wide distribution, in the Palaearctic, it was not previously reported from Israel.