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Arachnid Types in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University Arthropoda Selecta 27(1): 95–105 © ARTHROPODA SELECTA, 2018 Arachnid types in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University. II. Aranei 1 (Arachnida) Òèïû ïàóêîîáðàçíûõ â Çîîëîãè÷åñêîì ìóçåå ÌÃÓ. II. Aranei 1 (Arachnida) Kirill G. Mikhailov Ê.Ã. Ìèõàéëîâ Zoological Museum MGU, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 2, Moscow 125009 Russia. E-mail: mikhailov2000@gmail.com Зоологический музей МГУ, ул. Большая Никитская, 2, Москва 125009 Россия. KEY WORDS: arachnids, Araneae, spiders, museum collections, types, holotypes, paratypes. КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА: паукообразные, Araneae, пауки, музейные коллекции, типы, голотипы, паратипы. ABSTRACT: A catalogue of 32 holotypes, 165 numerous inventory books on diverse invertebrate paratypes and two syntypes belonging to 50 spider groups (see Fig. 2 for Aranei), and (3) type index cards species in seven families (Agelenidae, Araneidae, (Fig. 3). Unfortunately, only a small part of this docu- Linyphiidae, Liocranidae, Lycosidae, Nesticidae, Sal- mentation has been digitized to date (see Mikhailov, ticidae) from the collection of the Zoological Museum 2016b, for further details). of the Moscow State University is provided. Other In Moscow, the spider collection is the largest one depositories housing the remaining types of the listed among all Russian and ex-USSR natural history muse- species are given as well. ums, being even larger than those both of the Zoologi- How to cite this article: Mikhailov K.G. 2018. cal Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Pe- Arachnid types in the Zoological Museum of the Mos- tersburg, and of the Institute of Animal Systematics cow State University. II. Aranei 1 (Arachnida) // Ar- and Ecology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of thropoda Selecta. Vol.27. No.1. P.95–105. doi: Sciences in Novosibirsk. In the Museum, the spider 10.15298/arthsel. 27.1.12 type collection (Fig. 4) is kept separately from the main collection of this group (Fig. 5). РЕЗЮМЕ: Представлен список 32 голотипов, The following indices are used for arachnids in the 165 паратипов и 2 синтипов, относящихся к 50 ви- registers of the Zoological Museum of the Moscow дам пауков (Aranei). Они принадлежат к 7 семей- State University: Ta — spiders (Aranei, or Araneae), ствам (Agelenidae, Araneidae, Linyphiidae, Liocra- Tb — scorpions (Scorpiones), Tc — solpugids (Solif- nidae, Lycosidae, Nesticidae, Salticidae) и хранятся в ugae), Td — mites and ticks (Acari), Tk — harvestmen Зоологическом музее МГУ. Также перечислены (Opiliones), Tl — pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones), другие хранилища, в которых размещены другие Tm — whip scorpions (Uropygi; currently no types). типы указанных видов. Altogether, the types of 50 species representing seven families (Agelenidae, Araneidae, Linyphiidae, Introduction Liocranidae, Lycosidae, Nesticidae, Salticidae) are list- ed below, including 32 holotypes, 165 paratypes and This paper is the second in the series cataloging the two syntypes; 96 accession numbers have been allocat- arachnid types deposited in the Zoological Museum of ed. The Museum card index of the spider type collec- the Moscow State University, starting with the spider tion is arranged alphabetically by genus name as origi- type collection, the largest one in the Museum. As nally described: Acantholycosa F. Dahl, 1908, Aeluril- indicated earlier [Mikhailov, 2016b], Museum’s inver- lus Simon, 1884, Agyneta Hull, 1911, etc. The follow- tebrate type collections include holo-, para- and syn- ing list of types presents only species belonging to the types of over 3,000 species, of which some 1,000 spe- genera whose names start from ‘A’. cies belong to Aranei. The Museum’s arachnid collec- tion was founded in the 1860s and currently contains Methods more than 200,000 arachnid specimens, exclusive of Acari [Mikhailov, 2016a]. The following sequence of data is accepted in the Traditionally, at least since the 1930s, the follow- type catalogue: species name in the original descrip- ing handwritten documentation has been accepted in tion; a reference to the first description; transcription the Museum: (1) departmental register (Fig. 1), (2) of data labels; list of other collections where the re- 96 K.G. Mikhailov Fig. 1. An acquisition book of the ZMMU Invertebrate Department. Рис. 1. Книга поступлений отдела беспозвоночных Зоологического музея МГУ. maining types of the respective species are kept; re- abouts of other types, except those that are deposited in marks; current taxonomic status of the species. the ZMMU, is given on the basis of original descrip- When necessary, label abbreviations are put in an- tions. In the ZMMU, museum accession numbers for gled brackets, <>. Author’s comments to the labels are Aranei are indexed with ‘Ta’ which is put at the begin- given in square brackets, []. An English translation of ning of museum labels. Labels are transcribed literally, the original Russian labels is provided in figure brack- with mistakes being indicated in comments. ets, {}. The following translations of the administrative units Museums or personal collections are abbreviated as are used hereinafter: Area for “область, oblast”, Dis- follows: ISEA — Institute of Animal Systematics and trict for “район, rayon”, Province for “край, kray”. Ecology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sci- The nomenclature follows WSC [2018]. ences (Novosibirsk, Russia, curator G.N. Azarkina); JW — personal collection of Jörg Wunderlich (Germa- Type catalogue ny); MMUE — Manchester Museum, University of Manchester (UK, curator D.V. Logunov); NHRS — aborigenica Zyuzin et Marusik, 1988, Acantholy- Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm (Sweden, cu- cosa rator G. Lindberg); PSU — Department of Invertebrate Zyuzin, Marusik, 1988: 1083–1084, figs. Zoology, Perm State University (Russia, curator S.L. Ta-7342. Paratype $, Приморье, пос. Хасан {Primorie, Esyunin); SMF — Senckenberg Museum (Frankfurt Khasan}, 20.VIII.1981, А.К. Панютин {A.K. Panyutin}. am Main, Germany, curator P. Jäger); YM — personal The holotype and other paratypes are kept in ZIN. collection of Yuri M. Marusik (Magadan, Russia and In the original label, the collector name is misspelled as “Пантюлин {Pantyulin}”. Turku, Finland); ZIN — Zoological Institute, Russian Current status. Acantholycosa aborigenica Zyuzin et Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia, curator Marusik, 1988 (Lycosidae). V.A. Krivokhatky); ZMMU — Zoological Museum, Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia, curator affinisoides Tanasevitch, 1984, Agyneta (Aprola- K.G. Mikhailov); ZMUT — Zoological Museum, Uni- gus) versity of Turku (Finland, curator S. Koponen). Where- Tanasevitch, 1984: 49–50, рис.3 (А–Ж). Arachnid types in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University. II. Aranei 1 97 Ta-4197. Holotype #, Эвенкия, р. Кочечум (правый приток <р.> Нижней Тунгуски), 40 км выше устья, лист- венничная тайга, подстилка {Evenkiya, Kochechum River (right tributary of Nizhnaya Tunguska River, 40 km up- stream of the mouth, larch forest, litter}, 3.VIII.1979, А.А. Вахрушев {A.A. Vakhrushev}. Other types are kept in ZIN. Current status. Agyneta affinisoides Tanasevitch, 1984 (Linyphiidae). agrestis Ponomarev, 2007, Agroeca Ponomarev, 2007: 94–95, fig. 37. Ta-6880. Holotype $, Казахстан, Атырауская обл., пос. Кульсары, в квартире {Kazakhstan, Atyrau Area, Kulsary, indoor}, 12.05.1986, В. Романов {V. Romanov}. One paratype ($) is not yet transferred to ZMMU. Current status. Agroeca agrestis Ponomarev, 2007 (Li- ocranidae). altaiensis Marusik, Azarkina et Koponen, 2004, Acantholycosa Marusik et al., 2004: 105, figs 1–9, 56, map 1. Ta-7538. Paratype $, Altai Province, Charyshskoe Dis- tr., Tigirek Mt. Range, Uba Pass, kurums [=scree], 50°53′N, 83°48′E, 27.07.1999, G. Azarkina et D. Ryzhkov. The holotype and other paratypes are kept in ISEA. Current status. Acantholycosa altaiensis Marusik, Az- arkina et Koponen, 2004 (Lycosidae). Fig. 2. ZMMU registers for Aranei: above — the old register (1931–1984), below — the new one (2009–). ater Kroneberg, 1875, Aelurops Kroneberg, 1875: 50–51, tab. V, fig. 38. Рис. 2. Инвентарные книги пауков (Aranei) Зоологического Ta-1051. Holotype # [without palps], Туркестанская музея МГУ: сверху — старая книга (1931–1984), снизу — новая книга (с 2009 г.). Ученая Экспедиция Императорского Общества Люби- 98 K.G. Mikhailov Fig. 3. An example of a ZMMU type index card, recto and verso. Рис. 3. Образец типовой карточки Зоологического музея МГУ, спереди и сзади. Arachnid types in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University. II. Aranei 1 99 Fig. 4. The type collection of Aranei in ZMMU. Photo by Fig. 5. The main collection of Aranei in ZMMU. Photo by A.V. A.V. Sysoev. Sysoev. Рис. 4. Типовая коллекция пауков (Aranei) Зоологичес- Рис. 5. Основная коллекция пауков (Aranei) Зоологического кого музея МГУ. Фото А.В. Сысоева. музея МГУ. Фото А.В. Сысоева. телей Естествознания. <А.П.> Федченко {Turkestan Sci- Types are kept in ZMMU only. entific Expedition by the Imperator Society for Friends of In the original description, the misspelled name ‘azerba- Natural Sciences. A.P. Fedchenko}. 14. Ташкент {Tash- jdzanica’ is used in figure captions and a general species list. kent}. 4.III. Current status. Synonymized with Aelurillus concolor The species was described from the holotype only. Kulczyński, 1901 (Salticidae) [Azarkina, 2003, initially with Current status. Aelurillus ater (Kroneberg, 1875) (Salti- A. muganicus Dunin, 1984; see Azarkina, Mirshamsi, 2014 cidae). for further details]. azarkinae Marusik et Omelko, 2011, Acantholycosa brutus Wesołowska, 1996, Aelurillus Marusik,
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