Alexander A. Fomichev’s research while affiliated with Altai State University and other places

A new species, Gorbiscape zarafshanicus sp. n. (♂) is diagnosed and described from Uzbekistan. This represents the first record of the genus Gorbiscape Zamani & Marusik 2020 in this country. Pireneitega wui Zhao & Li 2016, initially described from Xinjiang Region of China, is redescribed based on males and recorded from Uzbekistan for the first time, representing the first record of this species outside the type locality. (Re)descriptions, figures and diagnoses of the studied species are provided.

Two new species of two dysderoid families are described based on specimens collected from the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan: the dysderid Dysdera bartang sp. n. (male) and the segestriid Segestria pamirica sp. n. (female). Both species were collected at elevations of 2200–2500 m a.s.l. (above sea level). Detailed descriptions, figures, diagnoses, habitat photographs and a distribution map are provided. The altitudinal limit of the species of Dysdera and Segestria in Central Asia is briefly discussed. Segestria pamirica sp. n. is likely to be the most high-altitude species of the genus in Central Asia and even in the world. An identification key to females of the Central Asian species of Segestria is also provided.

A new species of large burrowing wolf spider, Zyuzicosa andreii sp. n. (♂), is diagnosed, illustrated, and described based on male specimens collected in Uzbekistan. The dissected embolic division of Zyuzicosa is illustrated for the first time.