© Entomologica Fennica. 8 May 2000 A synopsis of the jumping spider fauna in the Russian Far East (Araneae, Salticidae) Dmitri V. Logunov & Seppo Koponen Logunov, D.V. & Koponen, S. 2000: A synopsis of the jumping spider fauna in the Russian Far East (Araneae, Salticidae ). - Entomol. Fennica 11: 67-87. A revised check-list of the jumping spiders in the Russian Far East is given. Altogether, 82 valid species are listed on the basis of literature and examination of new materials. Besides, 15 species previously reported from the area are con sidered to be wrong or doubtful records. All literature records from the Russian Far East with original nomenclature are included, and the collection localities are shown on maps. Dmitri V. Logunov, Siberian Zoological Museum, Institute for Systematics and Ecology ofAnimals, Siberian Division ofthe Russian Academy ofSciences, Frunze Street 11, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia. e-mail:
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[email protected] Received 18 February 1999, accepted 25 January 2000 1. Introduction East have been published (Marusik 1988, Logu nov & Wesolowska 1992, 1995, Logunov et al. The earliest records of the jumping spiders in the 1993, Logunov 1998a, 1998b, Logunov & Ma Russian Far East were by Grube (1861), who de rusik 1991, 1994, 1999b; etc.). Recent regional scribed 9 valid species from Cisamuria. Thereaf check-lists of spiders (e.g. Marusik et al. 1992, ter the Salticidae of the area at hand got only little 1993) also included valuable information about attention (Kulczynski 1885, 1895, 1926, Schen the Salticidae.