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general appearance of Filistata lehtineni: (a) male, dorsal; (B) female, dorsal; (C) male prosoma, dorsal; (D) female prosoma, dorsal.
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In this paper, 11 families (Agelenidae, Filistatidae, Hahniidae, Liocranidae, Mimetidae, Mysmenidae, Oecobiidae, Pholcidae, Phrurolithidae, Sparassidae and Uloboridae), 18 genera and 18 species of spiders new to Armenia are reported. one genus, Mesiotelus Simon, 1897 (Liocranidae) is new to the entire Caucasus. Illustrations are provided for six sp...
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... For example, in the Caucasus, Otto (2022) lists 36 species in ten genera of Agelenidae, yet only three species have been reported from Armenia and 18 from Georgia to date. This highlights the limited understanding of agelenid diversity in this region (Zarikian et al. 2022). ...
New taxonomic and faunistic data on the agelenid spiders of Turkiye and the Caucasus are provided. Five species are described as new to science: Maimuna antalyensissp. nov. (♂♀; Turkiye: Antalya), Tegenaria ballarinisp. nov. (♂♀; Turkiye: Antalya), T. beyazcikasp. nov. (♂; Turkiye: Antalya), T. egrisianasp. nov. (♂♀; Georgia: Imereti), and T. hoeferisp. nov. (♂♀; Armenia: Kotayk). Tegenaria lazarovi Dimitrov, 2020, syn. nov. is proposed as a new junior synonym of T. averni Brignoli, 1978. Persiscape caucasica (Guseinov, Marusik & Koponen, 2005) is newly reported from Armenia, and T. chumachenkoi Kovblyuk & Ponomarev, 2008 is reported for the first time from Turkiye. New distribution records for T. dalmatica Kulczyński, 1906, T. hamid Brignoli, 1978, T. longimana Simon, 1898 and T. percuriosa Brignoli, 1972, and topotype material for T. tekke Brignoli, 1978 are reported. The record of Eratigena fuesslini (Pavesi, 1873) from Turkiye is found to be based on a misidentification, and is herein attributed to T. hamid. The presence of an embolic spine, unknown in any other species of Tegenaria, is documented in T. anhela Brignoli, 1972 for the first time. Photographs are provided for all treated species.
... Various researchers have documented the spider fauna of Armenia and have contributed to our understanding of its arachnofauna (Ovtsharenko, 1994;Tanasevitch, 1990;Dunin, 1992;Marusik, 1989;Logunov, 2015;Logunov & Guseinov, 2002;Rakov & Logunov, 1997;Dunin & Zacharjan, 1991;Mikhailov, 2000Mikhailov, , 2013Mikhailov, , 2016Mikhailov & Propistsova, 2017). More recent studies have been conducted by Zarikian et al. (Zarikian, 2020, 2021, 2022Zarikian & Kalashian, 2021;Zarikian et al., 2022Zarikian et al., , 2023. ...
A diverse array of spider species inhabits agroecosystems and wild mountainsides, where beekeeping boxes are temporarily installed for natural feeding. Over the past decade, the wax moths Achroia grisella and Galleria mellonella have become widespread pests in bee colonies within Armenian agrosystems and have also caused damage to stored honeybee combs.
Spiders, as predators, employ various strategies to eliminate pests in nature and beekeeping boxes, acting as effective biological control agents. This study aimed to evaluate the functional responses of several Aranea species to these pests, providing viable options for biological control technologies without pesticide use. In this research, eleven spider species were tested, and different functional responses were observed against wax moth larvae and adults. The findings highlighted that Steatoda paykulliana was the most significant natural enemy and
Thanatus pictus was the least effective predator. In addition, intraspecific interference among the eleven spider species demonstrated that increased spider density led to a decreased predation ratio. The results further signified a positive correlation between predator density and the intensity of scrambling competition
... Various researchers have documented the spider fauna of Armenia and have contributed to our understanding of its arachnofauna (Ovtsharenko, 1994;Tanasevitch, 1990;Dunin, 1992;Marusik, 1989;Logunov, 2015;Logunov & Guseinov, 2002;Rakov & Logunov, 1997;Dunin & Zacharjan, 1991;Mikhailov, 2000Mikhailov, , 2013Mikhailov, , 2016Mikhailov & Propistsova, 2017). More recent studies have been conducted by Zarikian et al. (Zarikian, 2020, 2021, 2022Zarikian & Kalashian, 2021;Zarikian et al., 2022Zarikian et al., , 2023. ...
... Records from sand dunes are known from the Caucasus (Ponomarev and Komarov 2013). It inhabits sandy habitats in Armenia as well, where it is also known from meadows with lava stones, collapsing clay cliffs near water and canyons (Zarikian et al. 2022). In Cyprus, it inhabits forests, phrygana, and muddy ground of reedbeds (Bosmans et al. 2019). ...
Three species of spiders (Araneae), Altella aussereri Thaler, 1990, Mimetus laevigatus (Keyserling, 1863), and Trichoncyboides simoni (Lessert, 1904), are reported from Slovakia for the first time. These new records originate from southern Slovakia. The record of A. aussereri provides new data on the distribution and natural history of this range-restricted species of very high conservation value. The records of M. laevigatus and T. simoni in Slovakia extend their known distribution in Central Europe. Characteristic features, pictures of the habitus, copulatory organs, and habitats are presented.
... among the congeners with known females, a somewhat similar epigynal structures are known only for O. nadiae (spassky, 1936), but in the latter species the epigynal plate is much wider and transversely ellipsoidal, and the septum is considerably narrower (Fig. 3 cf. Zarikian et al. 2022, fig. 7D). ...
an annotated list of nine species of Oecobius lucas, 1846, known from Israel to date, is given. five of them are recorded in the country for the first time; the previous tentative records of another two species in Israel are confirmed. two names, Hersiliola brachyplura strand, 1913 and Hersiliola b. demaculata strand, 1914 are considered junior subjective synonyms of the widespread O. navus Blackwall, 1859. a new species, O. armiachi n. sp. is described from Israel based on both sexes. the new species differs from all congeners by the shape of the copulatory organs, and most likely represents a yet undescribed genus.
... This species is spread in Mediterranean to Central Asia. Among the Mediterranean and Eastern European countries where species is common: Portugal and Spain (Branco et al., 2019), Tunisia (Bosmans, 2003), Hungary (Samu & Szinetár, 1999), Albania (Kůrka et al., 2020), Turkey (Topçu et al., 2005;Tutar & Yağmur, 2023), Egypt (El-Hennawy, 2017), Armenia (Zarikian et al., 2022), Cyprus (Bosmans et al., 2019) Southern Russia (Ponomarev, 2008). ...
This is the first record of three species of spiders: Hersilia caudata Savigny, 1825, Tama edwardsi (Lucas, 1846) (Hersiliidae Thorell, 1869) and Mimetus laevigatus (Keyserling, 1863) (Mimetidae Simon, 1881) from Beni Mellal, Morocco, based on 7 female specimens: 2♀♀ of H. caudata and 2♀♀ of M. laevigatus collected from 2 olive groves, and 3♀♀ of T. edwardsi collected on calcareous rock formations in the Beni Mellal mountains.
... the male depicted has the characteristic colour pattern with the narrow median band on the DS, but shows a slight incision near the tegular prong at the distal margin of the tegulum. the embolus and its shape are not readily recognisable from Zarikian et al. (2022: fig. 9D). ...
The genus Micrommata Latreille, 1804 is revised and two new species are described: Micrommata biggi spec. nov. (male, female; türkiye, Armenia, Iran, turkmenistan), and M. diesenhoff spec. nov. (male, female; Sierra Leone). Micrommata aragonensis Urones, 2004 is synonymised with M. formosa Pavesi, 1878. All known species are redescribed and illustrated, and an identification key for males and females is provided for all true Micrommata species. A distribution map is provided for all species. M. formosa is for the first time recorded from Portugal, M. ligurina (C.L. Koch, 1845) from Morocco, the latter species having been introduced into United Kingdom and Germany. Micrommata darlingi Pocock, 1901 (female; Zimbabwe) is considered misplaced and probably related to the genus Eusparassus Simon, 1903. Functional copulatory mechanics are briefly discussed using µ-Ct scans.
... By the end of 2020, the number of spider species in Armenia was only 169 [Mikhailov, 2022]. Recent collecting efforts in the country have led to the discovery and subsequent reporting of 88 species, dozens of genera, and 11 families new to Armenia [Zarikian, 2022a, b;Zarikian et al., 2021Zarikian et al., , 2023. Additionally, one species new to science was recently described [Marusik, Zonstein, 2021]. ...
New faunistic data on spiders of Armenia are
presented. 9 genera, Agalenatea Archer, 1951, Larinia Si
mon, 1874, Zilla C.L. Koch, 1834 (all three Araneidae), Simit
idion Wunderlich, 1992, Pholcomma Thorell, 1869, Phycoso
ma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880, Phylloneta Archer, 1950 (all
four Theridiidae), Cozyptila Lehtinen et Marusik, 2005 and
Monaeses Thorell, 1869 (both Thomisidae), and 20 species,
Agalenatea redii (Scopoli, 1763), Larinia bonneti Spassky,
1939, Zilla diodia (Walckenaer, 1802), Simitidion simile
(C.L. Koch, 1836), Pholcomma gibbum (Westring, 1851),
Phycosoma inornatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861), Phyl
loneta impressa (L. Koch, 1881), Cozyptila guseinovorum
Marusik et Kovblyuk, 2005 and Monaeses israeliensis Levy,
1973, are reported for the first time. The occurrence of Ac
ulepeira talishia (Zawadsky, 1902) (Araneidae) in Armenia
is also confirmed. Record of Ozyptila brevipes (Hahn, 1826)
from Armenia is new to Transcaucasia, since the previous
record of this species from Cisbaikalia was found to be
O. sincera Kulczyński, 1926 (Thomisidae). Illustrations of Co
zyptila guseinovorum, Monaeses israeliensis, Ozyptila brevi
pes and Xysticus kulczynskii are based on the specimens from
Armenia are provided, as well as new distribution records for 10
other species found in Armenia for the first time.
... Few papers on Arachnofauna of recent Armenian area have been published by Russian arachnologists (Charitonov 1956;Eskov 1987;Tanasevitch 1987Tanasevitch , 1990Dunin 1992;Dunin and Zacharjan 1991;Marusik 1989;Mikhailov 1986Mikhailov , 2013Mikhailov , 2016Mikhailov et al. 2017). Important papers for the Armenian spider fauna were published by Logunov (Logunov 2015;Logunov and Guseinov 2008;Rakov and Logunov 1997 ) and N. Zarikian (Zarikian 2020(Zarikian , 2021(Zarikian , 2022aZarikian and Kalashian 2021;Zarikian et al., 2022;Zarikian et al. 2023). A large number of spider species from the Armenia fauna are still waiting to be recorded and, moreover, much new species to be described, which will increase our understanding of the spider's biodiversity of our country. ...
The flora of Armenia comprises about 3800 species of vascular plants (The fifth national report to convention on biological diversity. Yerevan, 2014). A characteristic feature of the flora is the absolute predominance of both the number of species and genera of angiosperms – about 97%. Club mosses, horsetails, and ferns are represented by 39 species, and gymnosperms, only nine species. Among angiosperms, dicots completely predominate – about 80% species. Algae are an integral component of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. They carry out the process of converting solar energy into the chemical energy of photosynthesis products, which is necessary to maintain life and the circulation of substances and energy in the biosphere of our planet, and create an energy base for the existence of organisms of other trophic levels. Currently, the algoflora of Armenia contains 497 species of land and water algae, which are included in 131 genera. Lichens are composite organisms traditionally known as an association of fungus and algae and/or cyanobacteria. According to the latest lichenological studies, 619 lichenized fungi taxa have been reported from the Republic of Armenia so far. Over the years, studies of the bryoflora of Armenia documented 433 species of mosses belonging to 168 genera and 65 families. Of these, 50 species (28 genera, 20 families) are from liverworts, and 383 species (140 genera, 45 families), from mosses (Manakyan, Resultaty bryologicheskikh issledovanij v Armenii (Results of bryological studies in Armenia). Arctoa 5:15–33, 1995; Manakyan et al., Materialy k Hepaticae Armenii (Materials to Hepaticae of Armenia). Flora, vegetation and plant resources of Armenia, 12, 17–25, 1999; Pogosyan, Bryoflora vulkanicheskogo massiva Arailer (Bryoflora of volcanic massif Arailer) (Republic of Armenia). Arctoa 12:187–190, 2003b).
... The previously unknown female of P. luppovae Spassky, 1941 from Tajikistan was described for the first time and a redescription was provided for the male, and P. pullatus Kulczyński, 1897 was newly recorded in Iran. Phrurolithus azarkinae was shortly afterwards reported from Armenia, Turkey and Cyprus (Lecigne 2021;Zarikian et al. 2022;R. Bosmans, pers. ...
Spiders (Araneae) are the largest order of Arachnida and the sixth most speciose order of Animalia, comprising more than 50,000 extant species as well as over 1,400 species known from fossils. Despite this immense diversity that has been estimated to comprise 120,000–200,000 species, our knowledge of their systematics and distribution remains rather incipient. While attempts to evaluate the diversity and distribution patterns of spiders have been made for the Neotropical and a few other faunas, most other regions remain historically neglected.
The aim of this dissertation is to explore the systematics, diversity and distribution of spiders of Iran, a highly interesting region from a zoological and biogeographical point of view that unfortunately has been poorly investigated regarding its invertebrate fauna. For this purpose, I examined more than 9,000 specimens that were either collected during expeditions to numerous regions and ecosystems across the country or deposited in several natural history collections from around the world. As a result of these efforts, which were initiated in 2013 and mostly carried out in collaboration with researchers from various countries, a total of 11 genera and 147 species of Iranian spiders were described as new to science, and 419 taxa (i.e., 13 families, 87 genera and 319 species) were recorded in Iran for the first time. The total number of newly described and recorded species (i.e., 466 species) constitutes almost half (i.e., 49.83%) of the currently known Iranian species diversity of this group (i.e., 935 species). Amongst 147 species described, 137 are known only from Iran, representing 63.72% of all species currently considered endemic to this country (i.e., 215 species). These results were published in a total of 87 publications, 38 of which were published after the beginning of my doctoral studies at UTU in 2019. This dissertation, however, is primarily based on only nine taxonomic articles (i.e., I–IX), all published after 2019 and highlighting some of the more important findings.
Because of the newly obtained taxonomic information and an extensive database of all published records, it was possible to conduct a comprehensive review of spatial variation in the diversity patterns of spiders in Iran. This was the main objective of publication X, which also included an evaluation of the effect of sampling bias on the current understanding of the distribution of Iranian spiders. The analyses showed that the diversity of Iranian spiders remains inadequately studied and is heavily affected by the Linnean shortfall (i.e., gaps in taxonomic knowledge), despite a remarkable improvement in taxonomic research on this fauna since the beginning of the 21st century. There are 935 spider species in the 1,648,195 km2 of Iran. Comparing the number of species per area of 171 countries and other political regions indicated that Iran was in position 132, whereas many considerably smaller and less ecologically diverse countries were in lower positions. It was also found that this fauna clearly suffers from a severe Wallacean shortfall (i.e., lack of knowledge of species distributions), as approximately 85% of Iran lacks a single record of spiders. There is a highly uneven distribution of records throughout the country and its provinces and ecoregions, with most of the records situated near large cities. A high correlation was found between the number of records of spiders and the number of records of plants and other animals in Iran, indicating that the noted shortfalls are indeed corroborated by other taxa. Finally, it is suggested that to gain a more complete picture of the diversity of Iranian spiders, future collecting efforts should be primarily in the form of extensive systematic surveys instead of opportunistic sampling, and ideally targeting lesser sampled areas and ecoregions. Once a satisfactory amount of information regarding the taxonomy and distribution of species becomes available, it will be possible to properly assess the conservation status and risk factors that affect these species and to identify areas of higher conservation and management priority.