Galina N. Azarkina

Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Russian Academy of Sciences · Laboratory of Systematics of invertebrate animals

A new monotypic genus Foordus gen. nov. with Foordus stefani sp. nov. as the type species is described. A short discussion on other Salticidae with disjunctive distributions is provided.

Notes on four Festucula species are provided. One species, F. botswana sp. nov., is described as new to science (♀, Botswana). The name F. monticola is revalidated and the male of this species is assigned. The female of F. lawrencei is described for the first time. A new record of F. leroyae is provided.

Epigeic generalist predators play a crucial role in terrestrial ecosystems, connecting above-ground and belowground food webs. Using stable isotope compositions (δ 13 C and δ 15 N values), we assessed the trophic niches of the two main groups of generalist predators (ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) and spiders (Arachnida: Aranei)), as well a...

The aim of our study is to assess changes in soil macroinvertebrate biodiversity when conventional tillage (CT) is replaced by no-tillage (NT) in agroecosystems of the southern part of the West Siberian forest steppe. The research was conducted in the Novosibirsk region at the end of May 2017, May 2018, and in June 2018. The agricultural plots with...

A new species of jumping spider, Phlegra blaugrana sp. nov., is described (♂♀, Cádiz Province, Spain). Phlegra nitidiventris Lucas, 1846 is redescribed, and the female is described for the first time. Phlegra sapphirina Thorell, 1875 syn. nov. is synonymized with P. nitidiventris. A distribution map for P. blaugrana sp. nov. and P. nitidiventris is...

A new species of Aelurillus Simon, 1885 from Kenya, A. mur-phyorum sp. n. (♂, Baringo County), is diagnosed, illustrated and described.

An annotated list of harvestmen species (six species in two families) of the Katunsky Biosphere Reserve and adjacent territories in the Altai Republic, Russia is provided. A new species, Sabacon zateevi sp. nov. (♂ ♀ from the Altai Mountains, Russia), is described. Liropilio stukanovi Gritsenko, 1979 is recorded from Russia for the first time, and...

The jumping spider tribe Ballini is reviewed in the Afrotropical Region. The genera Afromarengo Benjamin, 2004 and Goleta Peckham & Peckham, 1894 are redefined. In Afromarengo, A. coriacea (Simon, 1900) is illustrated and A. ghanaensis sp. nov. (♀, from Ghana) and A. ugandensis sp. nov. (♂♀, from Uganda and D.R. Congo) are newly described. For Gole...

The male palp of the holotype of Eresus tristis Kroneberg, 1875, a species considered a junior synonym of E. kollari Rossi, 1846, is illustrated. A comparison with the palp of E. kollari reveals clear differences, and therefore E. tristis is revalidated. The previously unknown type locality is recognized as southernmost Kazakhstan. All literature r...

Two genera from the tribe Ballini (Araneae, Salticidae), Pachyballus Simon, 1900 and Peplometus Simon, 1900, are remarkable for their resemblance to beetles. Their biology is, however, poorly known and taxonomy has hitherto been rarely analysed. Thirteen species are included in this taxonomic revision of the two genera. Six of them are new to the s...

The previously unknown female of the jumping spider Heliophanus xerxesi Logunov, 2009 from Iran is described, diagnosed and illustrated. A map showing all the collecting localities of this species is provided.

Jumping spiders of 10 species collected from Satun, Sukhotai and Kanchanaburi Provinces of Thailand are studied. Six species are reported from the country for the first time: Evarcha bulbosa Żabka, 1985, Phintella vittata (C.L. Koch, 1846), Phintelloides versicolor (C.L. Koch, 1846 and Portia labiata (Thorell, 1887). Two of them are new to the faun...

A new jumping spider genus, Manzuma gen. nov. (Salticidae Blackwall, 1841), is described, type species is Manzuma nigritibia (Caporiacco, 1941). Aelurillus reconditus Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 is synonymized with Rafalus nigritibiis (Caporiacco, 1941). Four new combinations are proposed: M. jocquei gen. et comb. nov. (ex Aelurillus), M. kenyaen...

EUROASIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL JOURNAL, 2019, 18(6), 426–436 The fauna of ground-dwelling carabid beetles and spiders was studied in four sites of the forest-steppe in the southeast of the Novosibirskaya Oblast, namely: an eroded 16-year-old deposit, an uncultivated meadow slope, and two sections of a small river floodplain, which are accumulative positio...

A new species of Aelurillus Simon, 1884 from Thailand - A. thailandicus sp.n. (♂♀, Phitsanulok and Nakhon Ratchasima Provinces) - is diagnosed and described. The male of Aelurillus afghanus Azarkina, 2006 is described for the first time. The 'minimontanus' species group is proposed and described. An identification key to all the species of this gro...

A new wolf-spider genus, Halocosa gen. n. (Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833), is described. Evippa apsheronica Marusik, Guseinov et Koponen, 2003 is synonymized with Lycosa cereipes L. Koch, 1878. Three new combinations are proposed: Halocosa cereipes (L. Koch, 1878) comb. n. (ex Lycosa), H. hatanensis comb. n. (ex Pardosa) and H. jartica comb. n. (ex Par...

A complete check-list of the subtribe Aelurillina Simon, 1901 of Iran is provided. A new species of Aelurillus Simon, 1884 and two new species of Proszynskiana Logunov, 1996 are described: viz., A. westi sp.n. (♂, Isfahan Province, central Iran), P. izadii sp.n. (♂♀, Lut Desert, Kerman Province, south-eastern Iran) and P. logunovi sp.n. (♂♀, Kerman...

Aelurillus cypriotus Azarkina 2006 is known from the holotype male collected in Cyprus without an exact locality. Here we describe the female of this species for the first time, provide new data on species distribution and biology.

This paper presents an improved diagnosis and definition of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886, with new taxonomic and faunistic data for 23 species. The genera Microheros Wesołowska & Cumming, 1999 and Mashonarus Wesołowska & Cumming, 2002 are synonymized with Stenaelurillus. Six new species are described: Stenaelurillus bandama sp. nov. (♂♀, fr...

A check-list of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) recorded from Novosibirsk Area (364 species in 157 genera and 26 families) is provided, with the references to exact collection localities, administrative units, natual complexes, and latitudinal & longitudinal components of their ranges. Of the reported spiders, 164 species, 53 genera and three famil...

Assemblages of predaceous soil-dwelling arthropods (carabid beetles, spiders and harvestmen) in the valley of the Ob river near Novosibirsk (West Siberia, Russia), including forest and bog sites, were studied. Recording was conducted in April, June and September of the extremely long growing period of 2016. In four sites differing in their geomorph...

An investigation of the spatiotemporal management of the aboveground spider community has been carried out at the continuous habitat gradient profile from the forest outlier center to the meadowland center in the southern part of the forest-steppe zone of Novosibirsk oblast in 2007‒2008. We apply two sampling methods which complete each other: pitf...

В южной лесостепи Новосибирской области на непрерывном профиле от центра колка к середине лугового участка в 2007-2008 г. изучена пространственно-временная организация населения напочвенных пауков. Использовалось два дополняющих друг друга метода сборов: ловчие стаканы и почвенные пробы. 83 вида пауков из 14 семейств определено до вида. Пауки наибо...

Alopecosa atypica Ponomarev, 2008 is known from the holotype male collected in Western Kazakhstan. Here we synonymize it with A. cronebergi (Thorell, 1875), which was described from two syntype females from the Volga River and Daghestan. This species is redescribed in detail and its distribution is shown to be restricted to Russia and Ukraine, and...

With 372 species, Xysticus C.L. Koch, 1835 is the largest genus in the family Thomisidae (WSC 2016). As with other speciose genera, the genus has never been revised on a global scale and is only thoroughly known in a few parts of the Holarctic, namely Central and Northern Europe, North America, Israel and Japan. Over 200 species are known from one/...

Alopecosa azsheganovae Esyunin, 1996 was described based on three females from Troitsk Wildlife Sanctuary (South Ural). This species was placed into the pulverulenta species group sensu Kronestedt (1990). After its description, it has been considered only in one publication by Esyunin & Tuneva (2012), who reported and illustrated two large (compare...

Two species of Tusitala Peckham & Peckham, 1902, largely sympatric throughout southern Africa, T. barbata Peckham & Peckham, 1902 and T. hirsuta Peckham & Peckham, 1902, are redescribed. One subspecies, T. barbata longipalpis syn. n., is synonymised with T. barbata. One new species, T. ansieae sp. n., is described from Botswana based on both sexes.

Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1823, with 43 species, is the second largest genus in the subfamily Tetragnathinae. This genus occurs in the Holarctic, Africa, South and South-East Asia (WSC 2015). One quarter of its species are known from a single sex: four species are known from females and seven from males. While studying Tetragnathidae of the Far East M...

Two Aelurillus species are described as new, Aelurillus alboclypeus sp. n. (♂♀, from Turkey) and Aelurillus deltshevi sp. n. (♂, from Macedonia, Bulgaria and Azerbaijan). Aelurillus steliosi Dobroruka, 2002 is synonymized with Aelurillus leipoldae (Metzner, 1999). Additional distributions of the closely related species Aelurillus v-insignitus are p...

The Afrotropical species of the jumping spider genus Festucula Simon, 1901 are revised. The genus now contains eight species. Three new species, F. haddadi sp. n. (♂♀ from South Africa), F. leroyae sp. n. (♂♀ from South Africa and Namibia) and F. robustus sp. n. (♂♀ from South Africa) are described. F. australis Lawrence, 1927 is removed from its s...

Alopecosa ogorodica sp.n. (♂♀), a new wolf-spider species (Lycosidae) from the Russian Mountain Altai is described. New data, diagnosis, description and drawings on Arctosa meitanensis Yin et al., 1993 are provided.

Two new genera, Rumburak gen. nov. and Yimbulunga gen. nov., of euophryine jumping spiders are established from the Afrotropical Region. Thirty three new species included in this subfamily are diagnosed and described: Chinophrys trifasciata sp. nov. (♂, South Africa), Euophrys bifida sp. nov. (♂♀, South Africa), E. cochlea sp. nov. (♂♀, South Afric...

A new species Aelurillus khorasanicus sp.n. (♂♀) is described from north-east Iran. Aelurillus muganicus Dunin, 19845. Dunin, P. M. (1984): Fauna and ecology of spiders (Aranei) of Apsheron Peninsula [in Russian]. pp. 45–60. In: Utochkin, A. S. et al. (eds.), Fauna i ekologiya paukoobraznykh. Perm: PGU Press.View all references is synonymised with...

The following seven species of southern African Salticidae, known only from type specimens or one sex, and last described in the early 20th century, are redescribed: Baryphas ahenus Simon, 1902, Brancus muticus Simon, 1902, Euophrys quadrispinosa Lawrence, 1927, Evarcha natalica Simon, 1902, Mogrus macrocephalus Lawrence, 1927, Thyene damarensis La...

This second part of an annotated check-list contains 119 spider species of 46 genera and 5 families (Gnaphosidae, Hahniidae, Linyphiidae, Liocranidae and Lycosidae) from Altaiskii Krai and Republic of Altai, of which 24 species are new to the Altai region and two are new to Russia. The males of three poorly known species are figured: Zelotes fratri...

An annotated check-list of 105 spider species of 50 genera and 14 families, Mimetidae, Miturgidae, Oxyopidae, Philodromidae, Pholcidae, Pisauridae, Salticidae, Sparassidae, Tetragnathidae, Theridiidae, Thomisidae, Titanoecidae, Uloboridae and Zoridae, from Altaiskii Krai and Republic of Altai is given. 14 species are firstly recorded from the Altai...

The first part of an annotated spider checklist for the Altai (Altaiskii Krai and Republic of Altai) contains 51 spider species of 22 genera and 6 families (Agelenidae, Araneidae, Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Dictynidae and Eresidae), of which 15 species are newly recorded from the Altai. Two poorly known species, Mastigusa macrophthalma (Kulczyński, 1...

Twelve species of the Spartaeinae from Africa are considered. Previously unknown sexes are described for three species: Cyrba nigrimana Simon, 1900 (♂); Meleon raharizonina Logunov & Azarkina, 2007 (♀); and Meleon russata (Simon, 1900) (♂). Three species, Cyrba lineata Wanless, 1984, Meleon madagascarensis (Wanless, 1978) and M. guineensis (berland...

The West-African genus Saraina is revised. The type species Saraina rubrofasciata Wanless & Clark, 1975 is redescribed based on its type material. Earlier records of S. rubrofasciata from Congo turned out to belong to two new species: viz., S. deltshevi sp. n. (♂) and S. kindamba sp. n. (♂♀). A key to the males of the known species is provided.

Two new species of Aelurillus, A. russellsmithi sp.n. from Cote d'Ivoire, and A. 1IIadagascariensis sp. n. from Madagascar, are diagnosed, illustrated and described. Distribution maps are provided for both species.

Eighteen species of the Spartaeinae are considered in the present paper. Ten are diagnosed and described as new species: Brettus storki sp.n. ( d' ; Brunei); Meleon insulanus sp.n. (male, female, Madagascar). M. raharizonina sp.n. (male, Madagascar); M. tsaratanana sp.n. (female, Madagascar); Mintonia ignota sp.n. (male, Northem Thailand); Spartaeu...

Two new monotypic Euophryinae genera (Aruattus gen.n. and Saaristattus gen.n.) are diagnosed, and two new species are described: Aruattus agostii sp.n. (♂♀; Eastern Indonesia) and Saaristattus tropicus sp.n. (♂♀; West Malaysia). A precise position and relationships of both genera within the subfamily Euophryinae remain uncertain.

New species and records of Phlegra from Africa (Araneae, Salticidae). Six poorly known species of Phlegra from Africa are diagnosed, figured and redescribed: P lugubris Berland & Millot, )941; P nuda Prochniewicz & Henciak, 1994: P pusilla Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994; P soudanica Berland & Millot, 1941; P trifoveolata Lessert, 1927; and P tristis...

Five poorly known species of Aeluril!us from the western Mediterranean are diagnosed, tigured and redescribed: A. basseleli (Lucas, 1846), A. hirtipes Denis, 1960, A. luctuosus (Lucas, 1846), A. monardi (Lucas, 1846) and A. plumipes (Thorell, 1875); neotypes are designated for three of them: A. basseleli, A. lucluosus and A. monardi. Six new synony...

Four new species of Aelurillus, A. afghanus sp. n. (northeastern Afghanistan), A. balearus sp. n. (Balearic and Canary islands), A. bosmansi sp. n. (Spain) and A. cypriotus sp. n. (Cyprus) are diagnosed, illustrated and described. A new combination, A. stanislawi (Prószyński, 1999) (ex Rafalus), is proposed, and A. minutus Azarkina, 2002 is synonym...

Фауна пауков о-ва Сахалин изучена довольно неплохо, отсюда отмечен 341 вид из 167 родов 20 семейств, причем наиболее богато представлено семейство Linyphiidae – 162 вида из 90 родов (Mikhailov, 1997; Logunov, Marusik, 2000b). В пересчёте на единицу площади видовое разнообразие пауков Сахалина существенно ниже, чем на Курильских островах. Так, на Ку...

Eight species of jumping spiders, new to the fauna of the Republic of Macedonia were found in three side valleys of the Vardar River. The species Aelurillus v-insignitus, Evarcha jucunda, Pellenes geniculatus, Pellenes ostrinus, Pseudeuophrys obsoleta and Pseudicius picaceus had been expected in the eountry. On the contrary, Aelurillus concolor and...

Two new salticid species are described: Aelurilllls kronesl­ edli sp. n. (male from Sri Lanka) and A. logunovi sp. n. (male, female from Pakistan). Both species are diagnosed and illustrated; a distributional map is also provided.

A survey of the spider genus Acantholycosa (type speciesLycosa sudetica L. Koch, 1875 = A. norvegica) in Asia reveals that it is represented in East Palaearctic by 24 species (26 in Holarctic ). Seventeen new species of Acantholycosa are described: A. altaiensis sp.n. (male, female), A. dudkoromani sp.n. (male, female), A. dudkorum sp.n. (female),A...

Six species of the genus Aelurillus from Middle Asia and the Caucasus are treated. One species, A. dubatolovi sp.n. (male, female), is described as new. The previously unknown sexes of A. brutus Wesolowska, 1996 (male) and A. nenilini Azarkina, 2002 (female) are described. A. azerbajdzanicus Dunin, 1984 is synonymized with A. muganicus Dunin, 1984....

Twelve species of Phlegm have been treated, of which five species are described as new to science : P bicognata sp. nov. (male and female, from the steppe zone of Eurasia), P dunini sp. nov. (female, from Azerbaij an and Turkey), P kulczynskii sp. nov. (male and female, from the mountains of S. Siberia and Mongolia), P logunovi sp. nov. (male and f...

The jumping spider species Aelurillus subaffinis CAPORIACCO, 1947 is redescribed and illustrated, its lectotype and a paralectotype are designated. Comparison and notes on the closely re- lated species A. aeruginosus (SIMON, 1871) and A. faragallai PRÓSZYNSKI, 1993 are given. With 10 figures.

Ten Aelurillus species are treated in the present paper, seven of which are described as new: A. cretensis sp. n. (male, female; from Crete), A. improvisus sp. n. (male, female; from northern India), A. marusiki sp. n. (male, female; from Iran), A. minimontanus sp. n. (male, female; from northern India), A. minutus sp. n. (male; from Syria), A. nen...

A new species, Xysticus pseudocristatus sp.n., from the mountains of Central Asia is described, figured, diagnosed and mapped. Comparative data (figures and collection localities in eastern Eurasia, including distributional maps) on several closely related species, Xysticus audax (Schrank, 1803), X cristatus (Clerck, 1758), X. thessallicus Simon, 1...

Приведён аннотированный список видов (72 вида из 14 семейств), собранных в нескольких пунктах верхнего Чарыша в пределах Северо-Западного Алтая.