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EUROPEAN ARACHNOLOGY 2003 (LOGUNOV D.V. & PENNEY D. eds.), pp. 319332. © ARTHROPODA SELECTA (Special Issue No.1, 2004). ISSN 0136-006X (Proceedings of the 21st European Colloquium of Arachnology, St.-Petersburg, 49 August 2003) A contribution on the gnaphosid spider fauna (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) of east Kazakhstan Äîáàâëåíèå ê ôàóíå ïàóêîâ-ãíàôîçèä (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) âîñòî÷íîãî Êàçàõñòàíà T.K. TUNEVA Ò.Ê. Ò ÓÍÅÂÀ Department of Zoology, The Perm State University, Bukireva Street 15, Perm 614990, Russia. email: [email protected] Êàôåäðà çîîëîãèè áåñïîçâîíî÷íûõ, Ïåðìñêèé ãîñóäàðñòâåííûé óíèâåðñèòåò, óë. Áóêèðåâà 16, Ïåðìü 614990, Ðîññèÿ. email: [email protected] ABSTRACT. A new genus Heser gen.n. (type species: H. malefactor sp.n.) and seven new species: Drassodes charitonovi sp.n. (#$), D. cupa sp.n. (#), Gnaphosa ketmer sp.n. ($), Haplodrassus rugosus sp.n. (#), Heser malefactor sp.n. (#$), Micaria seymuria sp.n. ($) and Sidydrassus rogue sp.n. (#) are described. Two new combinations are proposed: H. aradensis (Levy, 1998) comb.n. and H. infumatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) comb.n., both ex. Zelotes. Berlandina xinjiangen- sis Hu et Wu, 1989 is synonymized with B. spasskyi Ponomarjov, 1979. Three species: Aphantaulax seminigra Simon, 1878, Berlandina apscheronica Dunin, 1984 and B. spasski Ponomarjov, 1979, are redescribed on the basis of new specimens from the region of Lake Zaisan and Uigursky district, Almaty area. Three species, Berlandina apscheronica Dunin, 1984, Micaria tuvensis Danilov, 1993 and Zelotes latreillei (Simon, 1878), are recorded from east Kazakhstan for the first time. In addition, the distribution of 12 species in east Kazakhstan is refined. ÐÅÇÞÌÅ. Îïèñàí íîâûé ðîä Heser gen.n. (òèïîâîé âèä: H. malefactor sp.n.) è ñåìü íîâûõ âèäîâ: Drassodes charitonovi sp.n. (#$), D. cupa sp.n. (#), Gnaphosa ketmer sp.n. ($), Haplodrassus rugosus sp.n. (#), Heser malefactor sp.n. (#$), Micaria seymuria sp.n. ($) è Sidydrassus rogue sp.n. (#). Ïðåäëîæåíî äâå íîâûå êîìáèíàöèè: H. aradensis (Levy, 1998) comb.n. è H. infumatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) comb.n., îáå ex. Zelotes. Berlandina xinjiangensis Hu et Wu, 1989 ñèíîíèìèçèðîâàíà ñ B. spasskyi Ponomarjov, 1979. Òðè âèäà Aphantaulax seminigra Simon, 1878, Berlandina apscheronica Dunin, 1984, B. spasski Ponomar- jov, 1979 ïåðåîïèñàíû íà îñíîâå íîâîãî ìàòåðèàëà èç ðàéîíà îçåðà Çàéñàí è Óéãóðñêîãî ðàéîíà, Àëìàòèíñêîé îáëàñòè. Òðè âèäà, à èìåííî: Berlandina apscheronica Dunin, 1984; Micaria tuvensis Danilov, 1993; and Zelotes latreillei (Simon, 1878), âïåðâûå óêàçàíû äëÿ âîñòî÷íîãî Êàçàõñòàíà. Êðîìå òîãî óòî÷íåíî ðàñïðîñòðàíåíèå â âîñòî÷íîì Êàçàõñòàíå 12 âèäîâ. KEY WORDS: spiders, Gnaphosidae, new genus, new species, fauna, east Kazakhstan. ÊËÞ×ÅÂÛÅ ÑËÎÂÀ: ïàóêè, Gnaphosidae, íîâûé ðîä, íîâûå âèäû, ôàóíà, âîñòî÷íûé Êàçàõñòàí. Introduction [Mikhailov, 1997]. The majority of the material considered in this paper was collected by D.E. The gnaphosid spider fauna of Kazakhstan Charitonov and A.G. Ovsyannikov during their comprises more than 100 species in 24 genera expedition to Lake Zaisan (east Kazakhstan) in 320 EUROPEAN ARACHNOLOGY 2003 1936. This gnaphosid collection was brought to 0-1, r1-1-1, v2-2-2(a); IV d1-1-0, p1-1-1, r1-1-1, the Department of Zoology of the Perm State v2-2-2(a); metatarsi I, II v2-0-0; III, IV p1-2-2, r2- University where it has hitherto been unstudied. 2-2, v2-2-2(a). Embolus attenuate. Retrolateral tib- In addtition, the gnaphosid collections taken by ial apophysis wide at base, curved, armed with distinct denticles, and has a bifid apex (Figs 29, 30). Dr A.A. Zyuzin (Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan) from Female. Total length 10.05. Carapace 4.55 long, several localities around Lake Zaisan in 1998 3.10 wide, yellowbrown. Sternum yellowbrown, and by Dr S.I. Golovatch (Moscow, Russia) with dark thin margins. Abdomen yellow to grey from East Kazakhstan area and Uigursky district yellow. Legs and palps yellowbrown. Chelicerae of Almaty area in 2001 were also examined. brown. Femur II 3.55 long. Spination of the palpal Most of the studied material is deposited in the femora and legs as in male. Epigyne with a broad collection of the Department of Zoology of the Perm median plate (Fig. 34). Spermathecae widely sepa- State University (PSU). Some of the type specimens rated and sinuous (Fig. 35). are deposited in the Zoological Museum of the Mos- cow University (ZMMU) and the Zoological Muse- Drassodes cupa sp.n. um of the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg (ZIN). Figs 13. The following abbreviations are used in the text: a = apical, d = dorsal, p = prolateral, r = retrolateral, MATERIAL. Holotype # (ZMMU), Kazakhstan, East v = ventral. Chaetotaxy is as follows: basal-medial- Kazakhstan area, Lake Zaisan, Mambet creek, under stones, 1936, A.G. Ovsyannikov. apical spines. For example, tibia I v1-2(1)-2(a) means ETYMOLOGY. The specific epithet is derived that tibia I possesses one basal, two (or one) medial from the Latin word cupa meaning ladle, a char- and two apical ventral spines. All measurements are acteristic of the median apophysis. in mm. DIAGNOSIS. The new species is most similar to D. pubescens (Thorell, 1856) (see Figs 3840), Descriptions but can easy be distinguished by the curved embolus (straight embolus in D. pubescens), the pointed tip Drassodes charitonovi sp.n. of the median apophysis (bifid in D. pubescens) and Figs 3035. the long and narrow tibial apophysis (short and bifid apically in D. pubescens). MATERIAL. Holotype # (PSU), Kazakhstan, East DISTRIBUTION. The type locality only. Kazakhstan area, Lake Zaisan, Topolev Cape, in house, DESCRIPTION. Male (holotype). Total length 16.07.1936, D.E. Charitonov. 10.05. Carapace 4.55 long, 3.10 wide, brown. Ster- Paratypes: 1 $ (PSU), East Kazakhstan area, Lake Zaisan, Aletay passover, under stones, 6.08.1936, D.E. num yellowbrown. Abdomen yellow. Legs and Charitonov; 1 $ (PSU), East Kazakhstan area, Lake Zaisan, palps yellowbrown. Palpal femur with one dorso- Kara-Chek Mt., under stones, 1936, A.G. Ovsyannikov. median spine and a distal group of three connivent ETYMOLOGY. The specific name is a patro- dorsodistal spines. Femur II 3.25 long. Leg spina- nym in honour of the collector, the famous Russian tion: femora I, II d1-1-0, p0-1-1; III, IV d1-1-0 p0- arachnologist, the late Prof. D.E. Charitonov. 1-1, r0-1-1; tibiae I, II v2-0-2; III p2-0-1, r1-1-1, v2- DIAGNOSIS. D. charitonovi sp.n. seems to be 2-2(a); IV d1-1-0, p1-1-1, r1-1-1, v2-2-2(a); meta- closest to D. serratidens Schenkel, 1963, but can be tarsi I, II v2-0-0; III, IV p1-2-2, r2-2-2, v2-2-2(a). distinguished by the monochromous abdomen (a Retrolateral tibial apophysis long, flat and narrow clear pattern in D. serratidens), shape of the retro- (Figs 1, 2). Embolus aciform, slightly curved, situat- lateral tibial apophysis and the median apophysis in ed laterally; median apophysis broad, transverse and males, and in females by the foveal margins and the with a pointed tip (Fig. 1). spermathecal structure (cf. figs 1925 in Marusik & Female unknown. Logunov [1995]). DISTRIBUTION. The type locality only. Gnaphosa ketmer sp.n. DESCRIPTION. Male (holotype). Total length Figs 4, 5. 10.05. Carapace 4.55 long, 3.10 wide, brown. Ster- num yellowbrown. Abdomen yellow. Legs and MATERIAL. Holotype $ (ZMMU), Kazakhstan, Al- palps yellowbrown. Chelicerae brown. Palpal fe- maty area, Uigursky district, c. 5 km south-east of Kyr- gyzsai (= Podgornoe), Ketmen Mt. Range, 1 5001 900 m mur with one dorsomedian spine and a distal group a.s.l., PiceaBetulaPopulus forest, 12.06.2001, S.I. of three connivent dorsodistal spines. Femur II 3.25 Golovatch. long. Leg spination: femora I, II d1-1-0, p0-1-1; III, ETYMOLOGY. The specific name is a noun in IV d1-1-0 p0-1-1, r0-1-1; tibiae I, II v2-0-2; III p2- apposition taken from the type locality. T.K. Tuneva. Gnaphosidae of east Kazakhstan 321 Figs 13. Drassodes cupa sp.n.: 1 male palp, ventral view; 2 male palp, lateral view; 3 tibia and cymbium of male palp, dorsal view. Scale: 0.1 mm. Ðèñ. 13. Drassodes cupa sp.n.: 1 ïàëüïà ñàìöà, âèä ñíèçó; 2 ïàëüïà ñàìöà, âèä ñáîêó; 3 ãîëåíü è öèìáèóì ïàëüïû ñàìöà, âèä ñâåðõó. Ìàñøòàá: 0,1 ìì. Figs 45. Gnaphosa ketmer sp.n.: 4 epigyne; 5 spermathecae. Scale: 0.1 mm. Ðèñ. 45. Gnaphosa ketmer sp.n.: 4 ýïèãèíà; 5 ñïåðìàòåêà. Ìàñøòàá: 0,1 ìì. 322 EUROPEAN ARACHNOLOGY 2003 Figs 69. Haplodrassus rugosus sp.n.: 6 male palp, ventral view; 7 male palp, lateral view; 8 embolic division, dorsal view; 9 apical part of male palpal tibia, dorsal view. Scale: 0.1 mm. Ðèñ. 69. Haplodrassus rugosus sp.n.: 6 ïàëüïà ñàìöà, âèä ñíèçó; 7 ïàëüïà ñàìöà, âèä ñáîêó; 8 ýìáîëþñíûé îòäåë, âèä ñâåðõó; 9 âåðøèíà ãîëåíè ïàëüïû ñàìöà, âèä ñâåðõó. Ìàñøòàá: 0,1 ìì. DIAGNOSIS. Based on the wide epigynal scape, Chundzha, Charyn River Canyon, 650 m a.s.l., riverine this new species probably belongs to the rufula FraxinusPopulusSalix forest, 2931.05.2001, S.I. Golo- group [sensu Ovtsharenko et al., 1992], but in the vatch. structure of the spermathecae it is most similar to G. ETYMOLOGY. The specific epithet is derived ilika Ovtsharenko et al., 1992 from the nigerrima from the Latin word rugosus meaning wrinkle group. Gnaphosa ketmer sp.n. is easily distinguished and refers to the creased nature of the terminal from other members of the rufula species group by apophysis in this species. the wider median ducts and from G. ilika by the DIAGNOSIS. The new species is somewhat wider anterior region of epigynal atrium. similar to H. belgeri Ovtsharenko et Marusik, 1988 DISTRIBUTION. 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    Tarantulas and Social Spiders: A Tale of Sex and Silk by Jonathan Bull BSc (Hons) MSc ICL Thesis Presented to the Institute of Biology of The University of Nottingham in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The University of Nottingham May 2012 DEDICATION To my parents… …because they both said to dedicate it to the other… I dedicate it to both ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost I would like to thank my supervisor Dr Sara Goodacre for her guidance and support. I am also hugely endebted to Dr Keith Spriggs who became my mentor in the field of RNA and without whom my understanding of the field would have been but a fraction of what it is now. Particular thanks go to Professor John Brookfield, an expert in the field of biological statistics and data retrieval. Likewise with Dr Susan Liddell for her proteomics assistance, a truly remarkable individual on par with Professor Brookfield in being able to simplify even the most complex techniques and analyses. Finally, I would really like to thank Janet Beccaloni for her time and resources at the Natural History Museum, London, permitting me access to the collections therein; ten years on and still a delight. Finally, amongst the greats, Alexander ‘Sasha’ Kondrashov… a true inspiration. I would also like to express my gratitude to those who, although may not have directly contributed, should not be forgotten due to their continued assistance and considerate nature: Dr Chris Wade (five straight hours of help was not uncommon!), Sue Buxton (direct to my bench creepy crawlies), Sheila Keeble (ventures and cleans where others dare not), Alice Young (read/checked my thesis and overcame her arachnophobia!) and all those in the Centre for Biomolecular Sciences.
  • American Museum Novitates

    American Museum Novitates

    AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES Number 3791, 66 pp. December 11, 2013 The Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genus Varioonops (Araneae, Oonopidae) ANGELO BOLZERN1 AND NORMAN I. PLATNICK1 ABSTRACT A new genus, Varioonops, is established for a group of species characterized by sexual dimorphism in abdomen morphology (with a dorsal scutum present in males but not females), male palps with a separate cymbium and bulb, and a patterned abdomen. The closest relatives of the new genus appear to be three similar, but as yet undescribed, Neotropical genera that share those characters, but the members of Varioonops are united by a putative synapomorphy that does not seem to occur in those undescribed groups: a granulated sternum. Attention is drawn to the cymbial cone, a structure (possibly a receptor) found near the tip of the cymbium in Varioonops, members of the Orchestininae, and at least some soft-bodied members of the Oonopinae. A total of 23 new species are described: V. cafista (the type species), V. velsala, V. montesta, V. spatharum, V. poas, V. varablanca, V. tortuguero, V. veragua, V. heredia, and V. girven from Costa Rica, V. ramila and V. sansidro from Costa Rica and Panama, V. funator and V. cerrado from Panama, V. edvardi and V. sinesama from Colombia, and V. yacambu, V. trujillo, V. pittieri, V. chordio, V. parlata, V. potaguo, and V. grancho from Venezuela. INTRODUCTION Through focused investigations of the spider family Oonopidae by the many participants in the goblin spider Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (PBI) project, several new genera and numerous new species have recently been described from the Neotropics.
  • Araneae: Salticidae)

    Araneae: Salticidae)

    Belgian Journal of Entomology 67: 1–27 (2018) ISSN: 2295-0214 www.srbe-kbve.be urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6D151CCF-7DCB-4C97-A220-AC464CD484AB Belgian Journal of Entomology New Species, Combinations, and Records of Jumping Spiders in the Galápagos Islands (Araneae: Salticidae) 1 2 G.B. EDWARDS & L. BAERT 1 Curator Emeritus: Arachnida & Myriapoda, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, FDACS, Division of Plant Industry, P. O. Box 147100, Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 USA (e-mail: [email protected] – corresponding author) 2 O.D. Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium (e-mail: [email protected]) Published: Brussels, March 14, 2018 Citation: EDWARDS G.B. & BAERT L., 2018. - New Species, Combinations, and Records of Jumping Spiders in the Galápagos Islands (Araneae: Salticidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology, 67: 1–27. ISSN: 1374-5514 (Print Edition) ISSN: 2295-0214 (Online Edition) The Belgian Journal of Entomology is published by the Royal Belgian Society of Entomology, a non-profit association established on April 9, 1855. Head office: Vautier street 29, B-1000 Brussels. The publications of the Society are partly sponsored by the University Foundation of Belgium. In compliance with Article 8.6 of the ICZN, printed versions of all papers are deposited in the following libraries: - Royal Library of Belgium, Boulevard de l’Empereur 4, B-1000 Brussels. - Library of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautier street 29, B-1000 Brussels. - American Museum of Natural History Library, Central Park West at 79th street, New York, NY 10024-5192, USA. - Central library of the Museum national d’Histoire naturelle, rue Geoffroy Saint- Hilaire 38, F-75005 Paris, France.
  • Cyrtobill Darwini, a New Species in a New Orb-Weaving Spider Genus from Australia (Araneae: Araneidae: Cyrtophorinae)

    Cyrtobill Darwini, a New Species in a New Orb-Weaving Spider Genus from Australia (Araneae: Araneidae: Cyrtophorinae)

    Records of the Western Australian Museum 25: 315–328 (2009). Cyrtobill darwini, a new species in a new orb-weaving spider genus from Australia (Araneae: Araneidae: Cyrtophorinae) Volker W. Framenau1, 2 and Nikolaj Scharff3 1Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia. E-mail: [email protected] 2School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia. 3Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark 1Address for correspondence Abstract – A new monotypic genus of orb-weaving spider (Araneidae) with Cyrtobill darwini as type species is described from Australia. A reduced piriform spinning field of the anterior lateral spinnerets and the construction of a horizontal, dome-shaped orb-web suggest a placement of Cyrtobill in the araneid subfamily Cyrtophorinae Simon, 1895. However, the morphology of the male pedipalp is unique within the Araneidae as the cymbium has a basal, semicircular, sclerotised rim that creates a cymbial concavity. Cyrtobill darwini are small spiders of less than 5 mm body length and occur mainly in arid habitats such as spinifex grassland in the northern half of Australia (mainly north of 30°S latitude). Adult spiders have been found all year round; however, the species seems to be predominantly winter mature. We propose new generic combinations within the Australasian Cyrtophorinae: Cyrtophora crassipes (Rainbow, 1897), comb. nov.; Cyrtophora rainbowi (Roewer, 1955), comb. nov.; Cyrtophora trigona (L. Koch, 1871), comb. nov. (all originally described from Australia); and Cyrtophora gazellae (Karsch, 1878), comb. nov. (described from Papua New Guinea).