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Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae) Arachnological Contributions Belgian Arachnological Society ARABEL Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae) A catalogue of all currently known species from Cypr us. R OBERT B OSMANS , J OHAN V AN K EER , A NTHONY R USSELL - S MITH , M ICHAEL H ADJICONSTANTIS , M ARJAN K OMNENOV , J AN B OSSELAERS , S IEGFRIED H UBER , D UNCAN M C C OWAN , R OWLEY S NAZELL , A RTHUR D ECAE , C HRISTOS Z OUMIDES , K ARL - H INRICH K IELHORN AND P IERRE O GER . Arachnological Contributions Newsletter Belgian Arachnological Society, volume 34 (suppl.). 15 November 2019 ISSN 0774 - 7225 2 R OBERT B OSMANS 1,14 , J OHAN V AN K EER ², A NTHONY R USSELL - S MITH ³, M ICHAEL H ADJICONSTANTIS 4 , M ARJAN K OMNENOV 5 , J AN B OSSELAERS 6 , S IEGFRIED H UBER 7 , R OWLEY S NAZELL 8 , D UNCAN M C C OWAN 9, A RTHUR D ECAE 10 , C HRISTOS Z OUMIDES 11 , K ARL - H INRICH K IELHORN 12 & P IERRE O GER 13 (1) Robert Bosmans, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ledeganckstraat 35, B - 9000 Gent, Belgium (2) Johan Van Keer, Bormstraat 204, bus 3, B - 1880 Kapellen op den Bos, Belgium (3) Anthony Russell - Smith, 1 Bailiffs Cottage, Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 0JU, United Kingdom (4) Michael Hadjiconstantis, Association for the Protection of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity of Cyprus, Kastellorizou 4, Lakatamia, 2314 Nicosia, Cyprus (5) Marjan Komnenov, Blvd. Kuzman Josifovski Pitu, 19/5/3, 1000 S kopje, North Macedonia (6) Jan Bosselaers, Rerumnovarumlaan 2, B - 2340 Beerse, Belgium (7) Siegfried Huber, Ottenbohlstraße 12, 88690 Mühlhofen, Germany (8) Rowley Snazell, Four Winds, 10, Bon Accord Road, Swanage, Dorset BH19 2DS, United Kingdom (9) Duncan McCowan, 13, Agios Andronikos, Dali 2540, Nicosia, Cyprus (10) Arthur Decae, Natural History Museum, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (11) Christos Zoumides, Energy, Environment & Water Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, 2121 Nicosia, Cyprus (12 ) Ka rl - Hinrich Kielhorn, Albertstra ß e 10, 10827 Berlin, Germany (13) Pierre Oger, Rue du Grand Vivier 14, 4217 Warêt l’Evêque, Belgium (14) Corresponding author: [email protected] Arachnologica l Contributions. Newsletter of the Belgian arachnological Society 34 (suppl.). 1 5 November 2019 ARABEL v.z.w. / a.s.b.l. Bestuur/Bureau V OORZITTER /P RÉSIDENT : Robert Bosmans, Ooievaarstraat 98, 9000 Ge nt O NDERVOORZITTER /V ICE - P RÉ SIDENT : Jan Bosselaers, Rerum Noovarumlaaan 2, 90 Melle S ECRETARIS /S ÉCRÉTAIRE : Rudy Jocqué,Veeweidestraat, 3040 Huldenberg P ENNINGMEESTER /T RÉSORIER : Johan Van Keer, Bormstraat 204 bus 3, 1880 Kapelle - op - den - Bos W EBMASTER Arnauld Henrard, Ru e de Namur 69/2, 1300 Wavre R EDACTEUR N IEUWSBRIEF Léon Baert, Leopold I - plein 3A, 8400 Oostende E DUCATIEVE ACTIVITEIT EN : Mark Alderweireldt, Begoniastraat 5, 9090 Melle B EH E ERDER DATABANK Frederik Hendrickx, Hoekskenstraat 11, 9070 Heusden L IDGELD /C ÔTISATION : 20 Euro R EKENING /C OMPTE : IBAN: BE65 0014b4419 4196 BIC: GEBABEBB Vermelding: “Lidgeld/côtisation ARABEL” Spiders of Cyprus 3 Table of contents SUMMARY ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 5 I. INTRODUCTION ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 6 II. HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF THE SPIDERS OF CY PRUS ................................ ................................ ......................... 6 III. METHODS AND MATERIAL ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 7 IV. TAXONOMIC PART ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............. 9 F AMILY A RANEIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................... 9 F AMILY C TENIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................... 10 F AMILY D ICTYNIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 11 F AMILY G NAPHOSIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 12 F AMILY L INYPHIIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 16 F AMILY L YCOSIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... 24 F AMILY N EMESIIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 25 F AMILY P HYXELIDIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................. 26 F AMILY T ETRAGNATHIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............ 28 F AMILY T HERIDIIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 30 F AMILY Z ODARIIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 32 V. LIST OF SPECIES AND RECORDS ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................ 33 F AMILY A GELENIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 34 F AMILY A NYPHAENIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 35 F AMILY C HEIRACANTHIIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .......... 43 F AMILY C ITHAERONIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .............. 44 F AMILY C LUBIONIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................. 44 F AMILY C TENIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................... 45 F AMILY C YBAEIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... 45 F AMILY D ICTYNIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 45 F AMILY D YSDERIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 48 F AMILY F ILISTATIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 51 F AMILY G NAPHOSIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 52 F AMILY H AHNIIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 68 F AMILY H ERSILIIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 68 F AMILY L INYPHIIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 69 F AMILY L IOCRANIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 82 F AMILY L YCOSIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... 84 F AMILY M IMETIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 90 F AMILY M ITURGIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 91 F AMILY M YSMENIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................. 91 F AMILY N EMESIIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 91 F AMILY O ECOBIIDAE ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 91 F AMILY O ONOPIDAE ................................ ...............................
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