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New records of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Azerbaijan, including the first record of Nephilidae from the Western Palaearctic

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: New faunistic data on spiders of Azerbaijan are presented. Thirteen species are recorded from this country for the first time: Araniella villanii Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020 (Araneidae), Cesonia aspida Chatzaki, 2002, Civizelotes solstitialis (Levy, 1998), Cryptodrassus hungaricus (Balogh, 1935), Gnaphosa cumensis Ponomarev, 1981, G. ukrainica Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song, 1992, Micaria atropatene Zamani & Marusik, 2021, Trichothyse senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872), Turkozelotes attavirus Chatzaki, 2019 (all Gnaphosidae), Trichonephila clavata (L. Koch, 1878) (Nephilidae), Neottiura uncinata (Lucas, 1846), Paidiscura pallens (Blackwall, 1834) (both Theridiidae), and Xysticus edax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Thomisidae); the genera Cesonia Simon, 1893 and Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 are newly recorded from the Caucasus. The record of T. clavata represents the first documented introduction of this family in the Western Palaearctic.

Source: Arachnology

DOI: 10.13156/arac.2024.20.1.132

Authors: Alireza Zamani, Tamara Nuruyeva, Nataly Snegovaya, Jörg Freyhof, Namiq Mustafayev, Yuri M. Marusik

Institutions: University of Turku, Western Caspian University, Ministry of Science and Education Republic of Azerbaijan, Museum für Naturkunde, Azerbaijan State Agricultural University, Altai State University, University of the Free State, Institute of Biological Problems of the North

Language: English

Topic: Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4408806301

FWCI: 1.104

Cites: 16

Cited by: 2

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