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Belgian Arachnological Society ARABEL Spiders of Lesbos (Greece) Belgian arachnological Society ARABEL Spiders of Lesbos (Greece) A catalogue with all currently known spider reports from the Eastern Aegean Island of Lesbos. by ROBERT BOSMANS, LEON BAERT, JAN BOSSELAERS, HERMAN DE KONINCK, JEAN-PIERRE MAELFAIT AND JOHAN VAN KEER Arachnological Contributions Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., volume 24 ( suppl.). 2009. ISSN 0774-7225 Spiders of Lesbos (Greece). A catalogue with all currently known spider reports from the Eastern Aegean Island of Lesbos. (1) (2) (3) by ROBERT BOSMANS , LEON BAERT , JAN BOSSELAERS , (4) (†) HERMAN DE KONINCK , JEAN-PIERRE MAELFAIT AND JOHAN (5) VAN KEER (1)Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. (2) Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussel (3) Rerum Novarumlaan 2 B, 2340 Beerse (4) Smalvoortstraat 47/2, 2300 Turnhout (5) Bormstraat 204 bus 3, 1880 Kapelle-op-den-Bos Arachnological Contributions. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 24 (1, suppl.). 2009 ARABEL v.z.w. / a.s.b.l. Bestuur/Bureau VOORZITTER/PRÉSIDENT: Léon Baert Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen Vautierstraat 29 1000 Brussel ONDERVOORZITTER/VICE-PRÉSIDENT: Mark Alderweireldt Begoniastraat 5 9090 Melle SECRETARIS/SÉCRÉTAIRE: Koen Van Keer Oude Beurs 60 2000 Antwerpen PENNINGMEESTER/TRÉSORIER: Domir De Bakker Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika Leuvensesteenweg 13 1380 Tervuren BIBLIOTHECARIS/BIBLIOTHÉCAIRE: Johan Van Keer Bormstraat 204 bus 3 1880 Kapelle-op-den-Bos OVERIGE BESTUURSLEDEN: Kevin Lambeets Universiteit Gent, TEREC K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35 9000 Gent Robert Kekenbosch Meerweg 51 1601 Ruisbroek LIDGELD/CÔTISATION: 15 Euro REKENING/COMPTE: 001-1662395-85 “Lidgeld/côtisation ARABEL” The spiders of Lesbos 2 Table of contents Summary................................................................................................................................................................. 4 I. Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................... 5 II. Methods and Material......................................................................................................................................... 5 III Checklist ............................................................................................................................................................ 9 8. Family Ctenizidae ............................................................................................................................................... 9 20. Family Filistatidae............................................................................................................................................. 9 21. Family Sicariidae .............................................................................................................................................. 9 22. Family Scytodidae........................................................................................................................................... 10 28. Family Pholcidae............................................................................................................................................. 10 33. Family Segestriidae......................................................................................................................................... 11 34. Family Dysderidae .......................................................................................................................................... 11 35. Family Oonopidae........................................................................................................................................... 12 44. Family Palpimanidae....................................................................................................................................... 13 46. Family Mimetidae ........................................................................................................................................... 13 47. Family Eresidae............................................................................................................................................... 13 48. Family Oecobiidae .......................................................................................................................................... 14 51. Family Uloboridae .......................................................................................................................................... 14 55. Family Theridiidae.......................................................................................................................................... 14 63. Family Linyphiidae ......................................................................................................................................... 20 64. Family Tetragnathidae .................................................................................................................................... 24 66. Family Araneidae............................................................................................................................................ 25 67. Family Lycosidae............................................................................................................................................ 27 69. Family Pisauridae............................................................................................................................................ 30 70. Family Oxyopidae........................................................................................................................................... 30 75. Family Zoropsidae .......................................................................................................................................... 30 78. Family Agelenidae .......................................................................................................................................... 30 83. Family Hahniidae............................................................................................................................................ 31 84. Family Dictynidae........................................................................................................................................... 31 85. Family Amaurobiidae...................................................................................................................................... 33 87. Family Titanoecidae........................................................................................................................................ 33 90. Family Miturgidae........................................................................................................................................... 33 91. Family Anyphaenidae ..................................................................................................................................... 34 92. Family Liocranidae ......................................................................................................................................... 34 93. Family Clubionidae......................................................................................................................................... 35 94. Family Corinnidae........................................................................................................................................... 35 95. Family Zodariidae ........................................................................................................................................... 35 104. Family Gnaphosidae...................................................................................................................................... 36 106. Family Sparassidae........................................................................................................................................ 41 107. Family Philodromidae................................................................................................................................... 42 108. Family Thomisidae........................................................................................................................................ 43 109. Family Salticidae........................................................................................................................................... 46 Literature............................................................................................................................................................... 56 Addendum 1. List of spider species of Lesbos...................................................................................................... 59 Addendum 2. Line drawing of some rare spider species of Lesbos. ..................................................................... 65 Addendum 3. Some photos of spider species of Lesbos. ...................................................................................... 69 The spiders of Lesbos 3 Summary The arachnofauna of Lesbos counted 43 species until now. Members of the Belgian arachnological Society explored the island thoroughly and mention here 292 species occurring on the island. Fortytwo of them are cited for the first time in Greece. These are: sixteen Linyphiidae: Centromerus albidus Simon, Dactylopisthes digiticeps (Simon), Hypsocephalus dahli (Lessert, 1909), Microctenonyx subitanea (O.P.-Cambridge), Microneta viaria
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