
Alexander Anatol'evich FomichevAltai State University | ASU · Faculty of Biology
Alexander Anatol'evich Fomichev
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A new species, Dolichognatha sumatrana sp. n., is described from Sumatra Island based on both sexes. The new species is the fifth six-eyed member of the genus Dolichognatha specifically and of the family Tetragnathidae generally. New species differs from other six-eyed species of the genus by the cheliceral dentition and the shape of copulatory org...
Three new species, B. catopuma sp. nov. (♀) (Borneo, Malaysia), B. musang sp. nov. (♂♀) and B. tangalunga sp. nov. (♂) (both from Mindanao, Philippines), are described. Species of shakeit group are recorded outside of Borneo for the first time (Philippines). The females of Bowie neukoeln Jäger, 2022 and Bowie shakeit Jäger, 2022, and the male of B....
Two new species of Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 are described from Sumatra Island, Indonesia, based on males: T. lizae sp. nov. and T. ketambe sp. nov. Detailed descriptions, digital photographs and a distributional map are provided. The distribution of Sumatran Thelcticopis is briefly discussed.
A new species, Acantheis kazantsevae sp. nov., is described from Sumatra Island (Indonesia) on the basis of both sexes. The male of the new species possesses unusual palp with a twisted tegular apophysis having two arms: a large boomerang-shaped anterior one and a posterior one with a deep cavity. Diagnosis, description and illustrations are provid...
New taxonomic data and distribution records on liocranid spiders in the West Palaearctic are provided. Nine species of Mesiotelus Simon, 1897 are described as new to science: M. alanyensis Zamani, Fomichev, Kaya & Marusik, sp. nov. (female; Türkiye), M. bosmansi Zamani, Fomichev & Marusik, sp. nov. (female; Türkiye), M. confusus Zamani, Fomichev, N...
A new species, Dysdera bakhanovi sp. n., is described from South Ossetia based on a male specimen. The new species is closely related to the Pontic-Caspian D. dunini Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988, the Anatolian D. anatoliae Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 and D. krisis Komnenov et Chatzaki, 2016, and can be grouped within the anatoliae species-group. Males from...
A new monotypic genus, Pamirosagen. nov. with the type species P. kudratbekovisp. nov. (♂♀), is described from Pamir Mountains in eastern Tajikistan. The new genus represents the first record of the mainly Austrolasian subfamily Artoriinae Framenau, 2007 in Central Asia. It differs from all known genera of Artoriinae, as well as from all other lyco...
Two new species of Zodariellum Andreeva & Tyshchenko, 1968 (Araneae: Zodariidae) are described on the basis of male holotypes collected in Central Asia: Z. doroshkini sp. n. from Gorno-Badakhshan in eastern Tajikistan, and Z. kattakum sp. n. from Surxondaryo in southeastern Uzbekistan. Additionally, Z. turanicum Zamani & Marusik, 2022 is recorded f...
A new species, Amauropelma mariae sp. n., is described from Sumatra Island (Indonesia) on the basis of both sexes. The new species is illustrated and described in detail. The distribution map of all known Amauropelma species based on new and literature-derived records is given.
A new genus, Turanobius gen. n. (Araneae: Oecobiidae: Oecobiinae), is described from Iran and Central Asia, comprising the following four species: T. ferdowsii (Mirshamsi, Zamani and Marusik, 2017) comb. n. (♂; Iran, Kazakhstan), T. hissaricus sp. n. (♂; Tajikistan), T. leptonychus sp. n. (♂♀; Tajikistan), and T. tadzhikus (Andreeva and Tyshchenko,...
Two new species of Spariolenus Simon, 1880, S. badakhshanicus sp. n. (♂♀) and S. darvazicus sp. n. (♀), are described from Pamir Mountains in eastern Tajikistan. They represent the first records of Het-eropodinae in Central Asia. The type localities of new species in West Pamir are remote approximately 500 km north from the closest known locality o...
The female of Pterotricha esyunini Zamani, 2018 is described for the first time based on two specimens collected in Thi-Qar Province in southern Iraq. The female of the species closely resembles that of P. lesserti Dalmas, 1921 which is widespread in the Middle East. Description, diagnosis, digital photographs, distributional map, and photograph of...
A new species, Dictis oranhutan sp. n., is diagnosed and described from the Sumatra Island (Indo-nesia) based on a single male. The Pantropical Scytodes fusca Walckenaer, 1837 is recorded from this island for the first time. Dictis elongata Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2010, initially described from Thailand, is redescribed and recorded from Laos fo...
Two new species of Acantheis Thorell, 1891 are described from Sumatra Island: A. andreimishenini sp. n. (♂♀) and A. sergeimishenini sp. n. (♂). Detailed descriptions, digital photographs and a distributional map are provided. Male copulatory organs and habitus of A. dimidiatus (Thorell, 1890) from the same island are shown for the first time. The m...
Three new species, Bowie beruang sp. nov., B. binturong sp. nov., and B. dhole sp. nov., are described from Sumatra (Indonesia). Each species description is based on both sexes. Detailed descriptions, digital photographs and a distributional map are provided.
Two new species, Palpimanus logunovi sp. n. (♂♀) and P. rakhimovi sp. n. (♂♀), are described from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan respectively. Lectotype has been designated for the poorly known species, P. sogdianus Charitonov, 1946 from Uzbekistan and is redescribed based on type and newly collected material. (Re)descriptions, figures, diagnoses, distr...
A new species, Psechrus leshukovi sp. n., is described from Sumatra Island (Indonesia) based on males collected in small caves. It is closely related to P. singaporensis Thorell, 1894, known from Southeast Asia, but differs from the latter by the shape of male palp. The female of P. libelti Kulczyński, 1908, collected in the same systems of grottos...
A new species of ground spider, Coreodrassus boldgivi sp. nov., is diagnosed, illustrated and described based on a male specimen. The genus Coreodrassus itself is also recorded for Mongolia for the first time. The holotype was found in a woodland habitat within the semi-desert zone in Dornogovi Aimag, southeastern Mongolia. The new species is relat...
A poorly known troglophile spider species of the genus Meta C. L. Koch 1835 (Tetragnathidae) from the Russian Far East is redescribed based on newly collected material.
The gnaphosid spider genus Sidydrassus Esyunin & Tuneva, 2002 is currently known to contain only three species: S. shumakovi (Spassky, 1934) (♂♀, the type species), S. tianschanicus (Hu & Wu, 1989) (♂♀) and S. rogue Tuneva, 2004 (♂). A revision of new material has revealed one more species, S. saiynovi sp. n. (♂) from Kazakhstan. Furthermore, the p...
A new spider species, Pardosa temreshevi sp. n., collected among screes on elevation over 3600 m, is described from southern Kazakhstan based on females. The new species has increased number of ventral spines on tibiae I. Pardosa temreshevi sp. n. is distantly similar to P. zhangi Song & Haupt 1995 from the highlands of Xinjiang Province (China) an...
A list of 26 gnaphosid species belonging to 14 genera collected in Jiangxi Province, China, is provided. Three new species of ground spiders from Jiangxi Province of China are diagnosed, described, and illustrated: Haplodrassus yinae Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀), Hitobia xiaoxi Liu, sp. nov. (♂), and Zelotes dingnan Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀). Haplodrassus yinae Liu...
A list of 34 thomisid species belonging to 21 genera collected in Jangxi Province of China is provided. Five new species are described: Angaeus xieluae Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀), Lysiteles subspirellus Liu, sp. nov. (♀), Oxytate mucunica Liu, sp. nov. (♀), Pharta lingxiufengica Liu, sp. nov. (♀), Stephanopis xiangzhouica Liu, sp. nov. (♀). A new combinati...
A new genus, Daginesticus gen.n. with the type species, D. dzhamirzoevi sp.n. (♂♀) is described from the Caucasus based on morphological and molecular evidences. Three new combinations are proposed: Daginesticus mamajevae (Marusik, 1987) comb.n., Aituaria borutzkyi (Reimoser, 1930) comb.n. and Aituaria eriashvilii (Marusik, 1987) comb.n. (all ex. C...
The first record from Kazakhstan of the oecobiid spider Oecobius ferdowsii Mirshamsi, Zamani & Marusik, 2017 is presented. This species was previously known only from Iran. A single male specimen was collected on the Ustyurt Plateau in southwestern Kazakhstan, approximately 900 km north from the closest known locality in northern Iran. A redescript...
Four new species belonging to the Acantholycosa-complex from South Siberia (Russia and East Kazakhstan) are diagnosed, described and illustrated: Acantholycosa kulikovi sp. n. (♀, Kazakhstan), A. sergeevi sp. n. (♂, Russia), A. sidorovi sp. n. (♂♀, Russia) and Mongolicosa lizae sp. n. (♂♀, Russia). Previously unknown females of Acantholycosa levina...
A new species, Dysdera mikhailovi sp. nov. (♀), is described from Tajikistan (nr. Dushanbe). A poorly known species Dysdera subcylindrica Charitonov, 1956 from Central Asia is redescribed based on newly collected material. Dysdera dushengi Lin, Chang et Li, 2020, known from western Xinjiang (China) is reported from Kazakhstan for the first time. (R...
Bifurcia dersuuzalai sp. n. (Linyphiidae: Micronetinae) is described based on both sexes from the Primorsky krai (Maritime Province), Russia. The new species is similar to the Far Eastern B. maritima (Tanasevitch, 2010) and B. oligerae Marusik, Omelko et Koponen, 2016 but differs from both in the structure of the copulatory organs.
Three new species namely Drassodex tajikistanicus sp. n. (♂), Zelotes anatolyi sp. n. (♂) and Zelotes khatlonicus sp. n. (♂♀) are described from Khatlon Region of Tajikistan. A new combination is proposed as Poecilochroa hamipalpis (Kroneberg, 1875) comb. n. (ex. Echemus), accompanied with a redescription of the species. Nomisia palaestina (O. Pick...
The species Berlandina mesopotamicaAl-Khazali, 2020 was recently described from southern Iraq on the basis of males. Here the female is described and illustrated for the first time.
The first record of the funnelweb spider Coelotes turkestanicus Ovtchinnikov, 1999 from the eastern Kazakhstan is presented. This species was previously known from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, southern Kazakhstan, and the Orenburg Oblast of Russia. The new record is located approximately 500 km northeast from the closest known locality of the species in...
A new species of the burrowing wolf spider, Karakumosa reshetnikovi n. sp. (♀), from Tajikistan is diagnosed, illustrated and described. A brief discussion of the state of knowledge of the genus Karakumosa Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 is provided.
New observations of Oculicosa supermirabilis Zyuzin 1993 from new localities are presented. Notes on the habitat, map of all collecting localities and live photographs of a specimen and its peculiar burrow are given.
A new genus, Platnick gen. n. , with three new species, P. shablyai sp. n. (♂, type species), P. astana sp. n. (♀) and P. sanglok sp. n. (♀), are described from Tajikistan. The male of the type species has a unique pair of longitudinal ventral postgastral scuta. Females have such scuta also, but they are much shorter. The new genus is placed in Lio...
A new species of trachelid spiders, Trachelas crewsae sp. nov. is described from south-western Tajikistan based on both sexes. The new species is closely related to T. vulcani Simon, 1896 from South-East Asia but differs in the conformation of the copulatory organs and color pattern.
The paper reports six species of spiders from five families found in three caves located in the Altai Krai, Novosibirsk Oblast and Kemerovo Oblast of Russia. One troglophilic species, Improphantes improbulus (Simon, 1929) is recorded from Siberia and the Altai Mountains for the first time and another troglophile species, Metellina merianae (Scopoli...
A poorly known species of spitting spider from a monotypic genus, Scyloxes asiatica Dunin 1992, is redescribed based on the types and newly collected material. The species is reported for the first time outside of its type locality. Digital photographs and map of distribution records of S. asiatica are provided.
Three new species of Segestria Latreille, 1804 are described from the East Palaearctic: Segestria nekhaevae sp. n. (♀, Tajikistan), S. shtoppelae sp. n. (♂♀, Kazakhstan), and S. fengi sp. n. (♂♀, China). Two other species found in Asia, S. turkestanica Dunin, 1986 (Central Asia) and S. nipponica Kishida, 1913 (Japan) are illustrated. Segestria is r...
Three new species, Gnaphosa aksuensis sp. n., G. mataica sp. n., and G. prashkevichi sp. n., are described based on both sexes from Eastern Kazakhstan. Descriptions, illustrations, and maps showing records are provided. The new species represent a monophyletic rasnitsyni-group together with four Mongolian species.
Three new species of Parasyrisca Schenkel, 1963 belonging to the potanini-group are described from Western Mongolia: P. platnicki sp. n., P. polchaninovae sp. n. and P. szinetari sp. n. Each species description is based on both sexes. Both the male and female of P. platnicki sp. n. possess some copulatory organ characters unknown in other species o...
Дан список Gnaphosidae зарегистрированных в Алтайских горах (114 видов из 15 родов). Произведено сравнение показателей эндемизма, а также таксономического состава фауны пауков-Гнафозид Алтая и других горных территорий Северной Евразии. Оценена роль Алтая как центра видового разнообразия некоторых родов Gnaphosidae. Приведены данные о видовом разноо...
Dolomedes senilis Simon, 1880 и семейство Pisauridae впервые отмечаются для Монголии. Обсуждается распространение видов рода Dolomedes в азиатской части России.
Zootaxa 4497 (2): 271-284 Abstract Five new species from Mongolia belonging to the Acantholycosa-complex are diagnosed and described: Acantholycosa vahterae sp. n. (♂♀, Govi-Altai Aimag), A. kronestedti sp. n. (♂♀, Govi-Altai Aimag), Mongolicosa azarkinae sp. n. (♂♀, Khovd Aimag), M. cherepanovi sp. n. (♀, Bayan-Ölgii Aimag) and M. ozkutuki sp. n....
Until recently only 33 species of spiders had been known from Iraq. New material collected in northern Iraq reveals 20 species, 13 genera and six families new to the country. One species, Pterotricha arzhantsevi sp. n. is described as new to science. Comparative figures are provided for seven species; the 54 species currently known from Iraq are li...
Both sexes of three new species of Parasyriscaare described from Eastern Kazakhstan and Western Mongolia: P. kosachevi sp.n., P. sulaki sp.n., and P. tronovorum sp.n. All new species were collected in highlands at elevations from 2700 to 3700 m. The female of P. volynkini Fomichev, 2016 from the Altai Mountains (South Siberia, Russia) is described...
A new species, Chalcoscirtus sinevi sp. n., from the Altai Mountains (South Siberia)
is described on the basis of both sexes. The new species is closely related to
C. grishkanae Marusik, 1988 from North-Eastern Siberia and Transbaikalia,
which is also illustrated. Molecular evidences supporting a separate species status
of the new species are provi...
A new genus, Dzhungarocosa gen. n., with three new species D. ballarini sp. n., D. omelkoi sp. n. and D. zhishengi sp. n. are described from Dzhungarian Alatau Mt. Range in South-East Kazakhstan. All species are described based on both sexes and D. omelkoi sp. n. was selected as the type species of the genus. All three species were collected among...
Gnaphosa zonsteini Fomichev & Marusik, 2017, belonging to the rasnitsyni-group, was recently described from western Mongolia based on both sexes (Fomichev & Marusik 2017). This species was named in honour of our colleague and friend Sergei L. Zonstein (Tel Aviv, Israel) on occasion of his 60th birthday. While describing it, we overlooked that this...
Two new species: Berlandina litvinovi sp. n. and Gnaphosa zonsteini sp. n. are described based on both sexes from Western Mongolia. The females of Berlandina koponeni Marusik, Fomichev & Omelko, 2014 and Berlandina nakonechnyi Marusik, Fomichev & Omelko, 2014 are described for the first time. Gnaphosa ustyuzhanini Fomichev, Marusik & Omelko, 2013,...
Two new species of Mongolicosa Marusik, Azarkina et Koponen, 2004 are described from Mongolia: M. przhewalskii sp. n. (♀♂) and M. uncia sp. n. (♀♂). A map with distribution records of all known Mongolicosa species and descriptions of new species are provided.
Five species of Chilopoda from East Kazakhstan Region are recorded in Kazakhstan for the first time: Lamyctes (Lamyctes) emarginatus (Newport, 1844), Lithobius (Monotarsobius) crassipes L. Koch, 1862, Lithobius (Monotarsobius) steppicus Farzalieva et Zalesskaja, 2002, Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Scutigera coleoptrata (Linn...
p>A poorly known species of pirate spider belonging to a monotypic genus, Ermetus inopinabilis Ponomarev, 2008, is redescribed in details based on types and other material. Digital photographs and SEM micrographs are provided to illustrate its specific features. The species and genus are reported for the first time from Altai and Tuva.
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Asagena semideserta (Ponomarev, 2005) comb. n. is proposed for the poorly known spider species Steatoda semideserta Ponomarev, 2005, previously known only from Western Kazakhstan. In order to illustrate affinities of this species, we provide a detailed redescription supported by drawings, digital photographs and SEM micrographs We report it for the...
Four new species of Synaphosus are described from Central Asia: S. shmakovi sp. n. (Western Mongolia), S. ovtsharenkoi sp. n. (♀, Central Mongolia), S. mongolicus sp. n. (South-Western Mongolia) and S. saidovi sp. n. (Tajikistan). New faunistic records and illustrations of S. palearcticus Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 and S. turanicus Ovtshare...
A new species of ground spider, Parasyrisca golyakovi sp. n. is described based on female from the Altai Mountains. A previously unknown female of P. ulykpani Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Marusik, 1995 is described for the first time.
p>New records of 12 species found in Mongolia for the first time are provided. One of them – Dipoena yutian Hu et Wu, 1989 – previously known only from Xinjiang Province of China is illustrated.</p
A list of 65 spider species collected from the Tigirek State Nature Reserve (Altai Territory) is provided. Of them, 22 species are recorded from the reserve for the first time and six species are new to the Altai Mountains. A new species, Parasyrisca volynkini sp.n. (♂) is described. Two species are illustrated: The poorly-illustrated female of Lep...
Two species previously known from East Kazakhstan, Acantholycosa katunensis Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004, known from the holotype male, and A. kurchumensis Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004, syn. n. known from females, are synonymized, and priority is given to A. katunensis. Acantholycosa katunensis is reported for the first time in the Russia...
A list of 96 spider species found in Altai is provided. 17 species are recorded for the Altai Republic for the first time. One of them, Zelotes helanshan Tang, Urita, Song & Zhao 1997, was found in Russia for the first time. Species new to Russia, two poorly known species, Bolyphantes punctulatus (Holm 1939) and Xysticus sjostedti Schenkel 1936, an...
A previously unknown male of D. kaszabi Loksa, 1965 is described for the first time, and the female is redescribed. The species is known from Western Mongolia and Western Tuva.
Alopecosa Simon, 1885 is a large genus of wolf spiders containing more than 166 named species (World Spider Catalog 2015), of which 81 valid species have been recorded from the territory of ex-USSR (Mikhailov 2013). In the mountains of South Siberia, to which the Altai Mts belong, 35 species of Alopecosa have been recorded to date (Mikhailov 2013),...
Fedotovia Charitonov, 1946 is a genus of Gnaphosinae earlier known to contain only two species: F. uzbekistanica Charitonov 1946 (♂♀, type species) and F. mongolica Marusik, 1993 (♀). Revision of available material reveals two more species, both from Mongolia: F. mikhailovi sp. n. (♂♀) and F. feti sp. n. (♂♀). All four species have very similar cop...
A new species Xysticus novokhatskyii sp.n. from the Altai (South Siberia) is described on the basis of both sexes. The new species is closely related to X. tyshchenkoi Marusik et Logunov, 1995 from Middle Asia, which is also illustrated. X. mongolicus Schen-kel, 1963 is recorded from the Russian Altai for the first time. РЕЗЮМЕ: С Алтая (Южная Сиби...
A new species, Xysticus lehtineni sp.n., is described from South Siberia on the basis of both sexes. It is closely related to X. baltistanus (Ca-poriacco, 1935) known from northern Pakistan to northeastern Asia. The two species clearly differ in size, abdominal pattern, spination and in the shape of the copulatory organs (male palp and female epigy...
Two new species: Gnaphosa khovdensis
sp. n. (♂) and G. esyunini
sp. n. (♂♀) are described from Khovd Aimag of Mongolia. Descriptions, figures, diagnosis and map of the records are provided. The new species are assigned to a monophyletic group together with the recently described G. ustyuzhanini Fomichev et al., 2013.
Five new species of Berlandina Dalmas, 1922 are described from Mongolia: B. koponeni sp. n. (♂), B. mishenini sp. n. (♂), B. nakonechnyi sp. n. (♂), B. ovtsharenkoi sp. n. (♂♀) and B. yakovlevi sp. n. (♂♀). Nine other species occurring in Mongolia and adjacent Russia, China and Kazakhstan are illustrated: B. caspica Ponomarev, 1979; B. hui Song, Zh...