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ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Arachnologische Mitteilungen Jahr/Year: 2013 Band/Volume: 46 Autor(en)/Author(s): Vrenozi Blerina, Jäger Peter Artikel/Article: Spiders (Araneae) from Albania and Kosovo in the collection of Carl Friedrich Roewer 17-26 3 © Biodiversity Heritage Library, http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/; Arachnologische Mitteilungen 46: 17-26 Karlsruhe, November 2013 Spiders (Araneae) from Albania and Kosovo in the collection of Carl Friedrich Roewer Blerina Vrenozi & Peter Jäger doi: 10.5431/aramit4604 Abstract. The spider collection (Arachnida: Araneae) from Albania and Kosovo in the Senckenberg Research Insti- tute, Frankfurt am Main is reviewed. A total of 1 22 adult specimens were found belonging to 73 species. Records of 48 species for Albania and 28 species for Kosovo, 20 of them new to Kosovo, are presented. Furthermore there are seven new country records for Albania: Platnickina nigropunctata, Erigone remota, Tenuiphantes tenebricola, Pardosa agrestis, Callobius claustrarius and Zelotes femellus. Additionally, Pardosa cavannae is the first record for the Balkan Peninsula. So far 381 species are known for Albania. A total of 1 06 species is known from Kosovo now; a list of the 86 spider species formerly known to Kosovo is included. Keywords: Balkan fauna, checklist, new records The Arachnida collection in the Senckenberg Re- ders. Additionally, some records for Kosovo based on search Institute, Frankfurt, Germany, dates from 1833 the Roewer collection and from a critical review of when the spider collection of Karl Friedrich Wider Deltshev et al. (2003) are given. The present paper was donated to the Senckenberg Natural History complements an on-going series of papers on Alba- Museum (Kraus 2006). Since then Carl Koch, Phil- nian spiders (Vrenozi ScHaxhiu 2008, Deltshev et al. ipp Bertkau, Wilhelm Dönitz, Wilhelm Bösenberg, 2011, Vrenozi 2012, Vrenozi & Jäger 2012, Vrenozi Embrik Strand, Ludwig Koch, Friedrich Dahl and Sc Dunlop 2013). other arachnologists deposited material in the Sen- ckenberg collection. However, the main contribution Methods to this collection was made by Carl Friedrich Roewer The material presented here derives from the coll- and Hermann Wiehle. Today the arachnological ection of Carl Friedrich Roewer, which is deposited collection is one of the most important in the world, in the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt and includes more than 77,000 series identified to am Main (SMF). It was collected between 1917 and species level including about 12,000 type series. 1961 in the north-eastern and south-eastern areas of Spiders from Albania and Kosovo (previously Albania and in Kosovo (Fig. 1). In some cases, data part of Yugoslavia resp. Serbia) are included in the for several specimens taken from the SMF card files collection of Carl Friedrich Roewer. Formerly, there lacked the year of collection and who identified it. was no differentiation between these two countries All specimens in the Roewer collection were review- due to historical and political reasons. Therefore all ed at the end of 2010. material labelled as from Albania was examined. This Furthermore, localities in Kosovo mentioned in collection includes significant data of Spiders collec- Deltshev et al. (2003) in the Serbian language are ted in northeast and southeast Albania, which were revised and Albanian names as well as geographical partly published by Deltshev et al. (2011) and there- Coordinates are given. fore raised the interest of the first author. New coun- Tire main literature used for identification was try records not published before were of great im- Grimm (1985), Heimer 8c Nentwig (1991), Metz- portance for starting this investigation. This present ner (1999), Nentwig et al. (2013) and Roberts (1987, paper contributes to the checklist of Albanian spi- 1995). Nomenclature and order of families in the species lists follows Platnick (2013). The data con- cerning the general distribution are taken from Plat- Blerina VRENOZI, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Boulevard "Zogu I", Tirana, Albania, [email protected] nick (2013) and Helsdingen (2012). Peter JÄGER, Arachnology, Senckenberg Research Institute, Sencken- Data on elevation, latitude and longitude are tak- berganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, peter.jaeger@ senckenberg.de en from http://wikimapia.org, http://en.wikipedia. submitted 16.12.1 1, accepted 24.9.13, online 4.1 0.1 org and https://maps.google.com. © Biodiversity Heritage Library, http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/; 18 B. Vrenozi & P. Jäger Fig. 1 : Map of Albania and Kosovo with the county capitals treated in this paper. Abbreviations Korab [Mt. Korab, mountain in Diber], 2756 m a.s.l., N 41°48’41”, 20°33’55”. det. - determinavit (Latin for “he/she has identi- E Kula Lums, Kula Lumps [Kulla e Lumes, village in Kukes], fied”) 509 m a.s.l., N 42°4’15”, E 20°26’47”. ex RII - previous RII vial is separated into two se- Mt. Koprionte [Mt. Koritnik, mountain in Kukes], 2393 m ries, one keeps the old RII number, the a.s.l., N 42°5’5”, E 20°32’22”. other (present) gets a new number SMF Sandschak korita, Korita [Korite, village in Kor^e], 1178 m - leg. legit (Latin for “he/she has collected”) a.s.l., N 40°46‘55“, E 20°48‘52“. rev. - revidit (Latin for “he/she has reviewed”, Kosovo here: changed previous identification) Banjska [Banjske, village near Mitrovice], 200 m a.s.l., N 42°51‘29“, 20°57‘14“. RII - second (larger) part of the Roewer Collec- E Bjclopolje [Bellopoje, village in Peje], 754 m a.s.l., N tion fe.g., SMF 9900828 is the collection 42°46‘26“, E 20“33‘54“. number for RII 828] Gazimestan [Memorial Park near Prishtine], 585 m a.s.l., - SMF Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt N 42°41‘19“, E 21°07‘42“. vid. - vidit (Latin a for“he/she has seen,examined”; Gnjilane [Gjilan, town], 1000 m a.s.l., N 42 28‘45“, E here: confirmed previous identification) 21°27‘55“. Kacanik [Kafanik, town], 678 m a.s.l., N 42°14‘12“, E Localities [with explanations in brackets] 21°15‘19“. Albania Kosovska Mitrovica [Mitrovice, town], 688 m a.s.l., N Galica Luma, Galica Lumus, Galica Lums [Mt. Gjallica 42°53‘31“, E 20°52‘12“. e Lumes, mountain in Kukes], 2489 m a.s.l., N 42°1’34”, Lebane Lebane, municipality near a.s.l., | Prishtine |, 275 m E 20°28’12”. N 42”44‘29“, E 21”08‘41“. [Gostil, Kösztil, Koestil villagc in Kukes], 317 a.s.l., I .jubicevo 1 m N 1 Aibiqeve, village near Prizren [, 2000 m a.s.l., N 42°3’8”, E 20°25’13”. 42"09‘22“, E 20"43‘57“. © Biodiversity Heritage Library, http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/; Spiders by Roewer from Albania and Kosovo 19 Monastery Visoki Decani [Monastery near the town of Erigone remota is a typical high mountain species De ? an], 661 m a.s.l., N 42°32‘48“, E 20°16‘14“. with a Palaearctic distribution. This species is known Mt. Kopaonik [mountain in the northern part of Kosovo], in the Balkan Peninsula only from Macedonia and 1789 m a.s.l., N 43°10‘16“, E 20°55‘44“. Romania. One female was collected by Roewer on Mt. Koprivnik [mountain near Peje], 2460 m a.s.l., N 42°37‘32“, E 20°12‘28“. 19.10.1917, in the Mt. Gjallica e Lumes. Crni Kamen, Mt. Sar-Planina [village in Mt. Sharr, Tenuiphantes tenebricola is widely spread in the mountain in the Southern part of Kosovo], 2550 m a.s.l., N Palaearctic region. This record extends our know- 42°08‘50“, 20°48‘49“. E ledge about its distribution in the Balkan Peninsu- Mt. Zljeb, Mons Zljeb [Mt. Zhleb, mountain near Peje], la, where it was known before in every surrounding 2365 m a.s.l., N 42°75‘5“, E 20°24‘53“. country, except Macedonia and Greece. In Albania Nerodimlje [Nerodime, area near Ferizaj], 345 m a.s.l., N 42°21‘49“, E 21°05‘57“. one male was recorded. Pardosa agrestis is widely spread in the Palaearctic Pec, Pek, Ipek [Peje, town], 505 m a.s.l., N 42°39‘39“, E 20°18‘37“. region. The present record fills a gap extending its Plavenica [Plav, municipality near Prizren], 2000 m a.s.l., distribution ränge into Albania, as it was previously 42°07‘05“, 20°39‘54“. N E known from all surrounding countries except Bos- Radavac, source of the Beli Drim River [Radavci, village nia and Herzegovina. Seven females were recorded near the source of Drini i Bardhe near Peje], 2000 m a.s.l., in Albania. N 42°44‘20“, E 20°19‘18“. Pardosa cavannae was known before only in the Sazlija [Sazli, village near Ferizaj], 571 m a.s.l., N 42°24‘27“, E 21°11‘00“. National Park of Majella, Province of L’Aquila in Sredska [Sredske, municipality near Prizren], 864 m a.s.l., Italy. This record is the first find for the Balkan Pen- N 42T0‘20“, E 20°51‘18“. insula, the identification of which was confirmed by Zvecan [Zve 9 an, municipality near Mitrovice], 712 m a.s.l., C. Deltshev. Following Tongiorgi (1966), this spe- N 42°58‘17“, E 20°48‘04“. cies is known from the high mountains. One female was recorded in Albania, identified by Wunderlich in 2008. Results Callobius claustrarius has a Palaearctic distributi- In total, 126 specimens of spiders including 98 fe- on, except the United Kingdom, Iberian Peninsula, males, 24 males and four juveniles were examined, Scandinavia, and the Far East where is found only in comprising 73 species from 52 genera and 18 fami- the Asian parts of Russia.