Anton A. Nadolny

Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (Sevastopol) · Benthic Ecology

Nadolny A. A., Yemets M. D. 2024. Identification of synanthropic huntsman spider findings (Aranei, Sparassidae) with notes on the species composition in Crimea. Biodiversity and Sustainable Development 9(2): 11-16. Available at: https://eco-ibss.ru/bio/issue/view/40 Based on collected specimens and photographic records, we discuss the occurrence o...

New faunistic and taxonomic data are provided for 27 families of Iranian spiders. Two lycosid species, Lycosa elymaisa sp. nov. (♂; Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad, southwestern Iran) and Pardosa zagrosica sp. nov. (♂♀; Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari and Hamedan, southwestern to northwestern Iran) are described as new to science, three genera (Amaurobius C. L. K...

New cases of abnormalities in the development of the copulatory organs in several species of wolf spiders are described: three specimens with side by side duplicated epigynes, one gynandromorph, four intersexes, and one with pathologically asymmetric epigyne. The potential causes of such disorders are discussed.

New taxonomic and faunistic data on 25 species in 13 genera of Lycosidae from Iran are provided. Two new species Alopecosa pekari sp.n. (♂) and Trochosa marusiki sp.n. (♂) are diagnosed and described from West Azerbaijan Province. The genus Draposa Kronestedt, 2010 and the species Draposa oakleyi (Gravely, 1924), Evippa eltonica Dunin, 1994, Karaku...

New faunistic and taxonomic data are provided for 15 families of Iranian spiders. Two lycosid species, Alopecosa murphyorum sp. n. (♂, Semnan Province) and Alopecosa robertsi sp. n. (♂, Zanjan Province), are described as new to science. Nine species are recorded from Iran for the first time, and 182 new provincial records are provided for 53 specie...

Four new species of lycosids from Iran are described: Lycosa soboutii sp. n. (♀, Zanjan Province), Karakumosa golestanica sp. n. (♂, Golestan Province), K. sarvari sp. n. (♂, Razavi Khorasan Province), and K. yahaghii sp. n. (♂, South Khorasan Province). Karakumosa shmatkoi Logunov & Ponomarev, 2020 (♂, Razavi Khorasan Province) is reported from Ir...

New faunistic and taxonomic data are provided for 19 families of Iranian spiders. Stemonyphantes arta Esyunin et Zamani, sp. nov. (Linyphiidae) is described from a male and a female collected in the Zanjan Province. Five genera of the family Theridiidae (Pholcomma, Phoroncidia, Phycosoma, Rhomphaea and Rugathodes) and 21 species are recorded from I...

Hippasa deserticola Simon, 1889, stat. resurr., thought to be a synonym of H. partita (O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) is revalidated and redescribed. Two names, Trochosa loeffleri Roewer, 1955, syn. nov., and H. afghana Roewer, 1960, syn. nov., are synonymised with H. deserticola; H. cinerea Simon, 1898, syn. nov., is synonymised with H. partita. The d...

Preliminary results of studying the biota of the recently discovered Tavrida Cave (Foothill Crimea) are presented. By now, six species of arthropods (Arthropoda) have been identified, i.e. one species of spiders (Aranei), one species of diplura (Diplura), two species of springtails (Collembola) and two species of flies (Diptera). The obtained resul...

Nadolny A.A. 2020. New data on the species composition of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) in Tarkhankut peninsula, Crimea. Proceedings of T.I. Vyazemsky Karadag scientific station — Natural reserve of the RAS. Issue 3 (15). P. 29-60. 120 species of spiders are discovered on the territory of Tarkhankut peninsula for the first time. Of these, 6 species...

We report the first record of the wolf spider Draposa lyrivulva (Bösenberg & Strand 1906) outside its known distribution in Pakistan, India and the island of Sri Lanka on the remote tropical islands of the Maldives. It is the first species report of any Lycosidae from these islands. As this remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean lies about 500 km o...

Specimens belonging to Trochosa hispanica Simon, 1870 collected in different parts of the range were compared to determine whether they belong to the same species or represent a series of cryptic species. No significant differences were found between different populations. Most of the females examined have a kind of mating plug blocking the pathway...

A large burrowing wolf spider, Lycosa macrophthalma sp. nov., is described from the holotype female from central Iran. The new species can be easily distinguished from all congeners by the presence of anterior epigynal hoods and a protrusion between their edges and the septum. Lycosa macrophthalma sp. nov., L. aragogi Nadolny et Zamani, 2017, L. pi...

A survey of specimens identified as Trochosa urbana O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876, kept in the Zoological Museum, University of Turku, reveals that they belong to four species: T. urbana, T. dentichelisBuchar, 1997, T. ruricola (De Geer, 1778), and T. ruricoloidesSchenkel, 1963. Trochosa urbana is redescribed based on syntypes, and a lectotype male is...

Nadolny A.A. 2020. Synanthropic species Zoropsis spinimana (Aranei: Zoropsidae) is established in the Crimea. Eversmannia, No.61, P.79.

View-only version of article: https://rdcu.be/b1Tcy Age-specific traits in the black widow spiders Latrodectus tredecimguttatus from Crimea were studied. A post-maturation molt in black widow females was recorded for the first time. The somatic traits (body size and cuticle structure) in some adult females were found to be identical to those of ju...

A family (Zoropsidae), five genera (Archaeodictyna Caporiacco, 1928, Microneta Menge, 1869, Sintula Simon, 1884, Zilla C.L. Koch, 1836, Zoropsis Simon, 1878), and 26 spider species are recorded in Iran for the first time. New provincial records for 61 species are presented. Considering the new results, 746 spider species are known from Iran.

Age-specific traits of the black widow spiders from Crimea have been studied. A post-maturation molt in black widow females has been proven for the first time. Somatic traits (body size and cuticle structure) in some adult females are identical to those of juvenile specimens. Some of the females in the studied spider population become mature 1–2 st...

Species belonging to the Alopecosa cursor group from Central Asia have been surveyed. Four species are recognized: A. cursor (Hahn, 1831) (#$, Iberian Peninsula to Northern Xinjiang and Altai), A. cursorioides Charitonov, 1969 (#$, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and possibly NE Iran), A. passibilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) (#, SW Xinjiang), and A. pe...

The type species of Stoliczka O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885—S. insignis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885—is redescribed for the first time, based on a lectotype here designated. The genus has an uncertain taxonomic position. Originally, it was placed in Lycosidae, while it is currently considered a Pisauridae (Pisaurinae). It includes only two species known...

The wolf spider genus Alopecosa Simon, 1885 contains 152 species (WSC 2017), 30 of which are poorly described. Alopecosa krynickii (Thorell, 1875) is one of the least known European species of wolf spiders, of which the single male was collected in November, 1860 (Logunov 2013a: fig. 3). The original description of the species was made by Thorell (...

New faunistic data are presented on some findings of troglophilic and trogloxenic spiders in caves of the western Caucasus.

With over 2400 species in 123 genera, Lycosidae is one of the largest spider families (WSC 2017). For over two hundred years, the type genus Lycosa Latreille, 1804 have accumulated large-sized wolf spiders from all over the world. Thus, with 218 nominal species, this genus is distributed in all zoogeographical regions (WSC 2017). Almost none of the...

Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) is recorded for the Crimean and Ukrainian faunas for the first time. Photos of the female habitus and copulative organs are provided.

A new species, Pardosa koponeni sp. n., is described. The new species is widely distributed in Far East Asia. It was previously confused with P. lugubris (Walckenaer, 1802). The two species have very similar copulatory organs but differ in the colouration of legs II–IV in males and the carapace/femur I ratio in both sexes. The distribution of the n...

Distribution of endemic troglobiont harvestman Nemaspela caeca discussed on the basis of new faunistic records and literature data. The range of this species occupies caves of the Ai-Petri karst region (Crimea) and, probably, was formed during one of the periods of the maximal raising of global ocean level.

There are 344 spider species have been found in the Karadag Nature Reserve. It is more than a half of all known spiders in the fauna of the Crimean peninsula. The annotated check-list of spider species of the Karadag Nature Reserve is provided here. Among them, 79 species were recorded for this area for the first time. Of them, 17 species were reco...

There are 344 spider species have been found in the Karadag Nature Reserve. It is more than a half of all known spiders in the fauna of the Crimean peninsula. The annotated check-list of spider species of the Karadag Nature Reserve is provided here. Among them, 79 species were recorded for this area for the first time. Of them, 17 species were reco...

Nadolny A. A. Lycosoidea spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) in Crimea. – Manuscript. The thesis is the first revision of spiders of superfamily Lycosoidea in Crimea. 41 species of Lycosidae, 3 species of Oxyopidae, 2 species of Pisauridae and 1 species of Zoropsidae were found in Crimea. One new species has been described. Four species were recorded from...

Nadolny A. A. Lycosoidea spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) in Crimea. Abstract of thesis for the scientific degree of Candidate in Biological Sciences, speciality 03.00.08 – Zoology. – Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. – Kyiv, 2014. The thesis is the first revision of spiders of superfamily Lycosoidea in Crimea. 41 species of...

Three new species of Pardosa, P. svatoni sp. n. (male female, SE Kazakhstan), P. fengi sp. n. (male female, Central Xinjiang) and P. lii sp. n. (male female, Central Xinjiang) are described and illustrated. The two former species cannot be placed in any species group. Pardosa lii sp. n. belongs to the P. wagleri species group. It is compared with P...

Pisaura novicia (L. Koch, 1878) is found in Ukraine for the first time; it is also recorded from the southeastern regions of European Russia and Abkhazia. Illustrated redescriptions and diagnoses of P. novicia and P. mirabilis (Clerck, 1757) are provided. Spatial distribution and seasonal dynamics of activity of both species in the Crimea are given...

The wolf spider genus Alopecosa Simon, 1885, contains 160 named species (Platnick 2012) and the type species of the genus is A. fabrilis (Clerck, 1757), which is a Palaearctic species like most species in the genus (Platnick 2012). The taxonomic structure of the genus has been studied in two revisions; Lugetti & Tongiorgi (1969) divided 24 species...

Illustrated redescriptions of Pardosa abagensis Ovtsharenko, 1979, P. amentata (Clerck, 1757), P. caucasica Ovtsharenko, 1979, and P. lugu-bris (Walckenaer, 1802) are provided on the basis of specimens from Crimea and Caucasus. Expanded diagnosis for P. amentata and P. lugubris groups are suggested. P. abagensis is placed to separate species group;...

Redescription of the little-known spe-cies, Pholcus crassìpalpis Spassky, 1937, is provided. It is bascd on spccimcns from Crimca. Illustrations, diagaosis, distribution. and seasonal dynamic ofactivi-ty are prescntcd.

Illustrated redescriptions are provided for 5 species of the genus Pirata Sundevall, 1833, of specimens from Crimea and Abkhazia: P. hurkai Buchar, 1966; P. hygrophilus Thorell, 1872; P. lati-tans (Blackwall, 1841); P. piraticus (Clerck, 1757) and P. tenuitarsis Simon, 1876. Illustrations of P. knorri (Scopoli, 1763) and P. piraticus from Bulgaria...

A list of 283 species belonging to 42 families found in Abkhazia is presented.

Redescriptions of two closely related species Alopecosa beckeri and A. taeniopus are provided based on specimens from Crimea. Comparative illustrations, diagnoses, spatial distribution, seasonal dynamic of activity for each species are presented. Distribution of A. beckeri presumably is limited by Crimean Mountains, and this species is endemic of C...

Four species of Lathys have been found on the Crimean Peninsula: L. humilis (Black-wall, 1855); L. stigmatisata (Menge, 1869), L. simplex (Simon, 1884) and Lathys sp. (only) belonging to the L. stigmatisata-group. All species are illustrated. The male of L. simplex (Simon, 1884) is described for the first time. The discovery of the male of the latt...

140 spider species are discovered on the territory of Martyan Cape Reserve. Some species are pointed out for the first time: 5 species – Pocadicnemis juncea Locket, Millidge, 1953, Pardosa proxima (C.L. Koch, 1847), Philodromus collinus C.L. Koch, 1835, Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1870), Tmarus stellio Simon, 1875 for Crimean territory; 5 species...