Belgian Arachnological Society ARABEL Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. BY ROBERT BOSMANS, JOHAN VAN KEER, ANTHONY RUSSELL- SMITH, TORBJÖRN KRONESTEDT, MARK ALDERWEIRELDT, JAN BOSSELAERS AND HERMAN DE KONINCK. Arachnological Contributions Newsletter Belg. arachn. Soc., volume 28 (suppl. 1). 2013. ISSN (Online Edition) 2295-3035 ISSN (Print Edition) 0774-7225 Published: Brussels, September 2, 2013 Spiders of Crete. A catalogue with all currently known species (Araneae) from the Greek island of Crete. BY ROBERT BOSMANS (1), JOHAN VAN KEER (2), ANTHONY RUSSELL-SMITH (3), TORBJÖRN KRONESTEDT (4), MARK ALDERWEIRELDT (5), JAN BOSSELAERS (6) AND HERMAN DE KONINCK (†). (1) Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium (2) Bormstraat 204, bus 3, B-1880 Kapellen op den Bos, Belgium (3) 1 Bailiffs Cottage, Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 0JU, United Kingdom (4) Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, POBox 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden (5) Begoniastraat 5, B-9090 Melle, Belgium (6) Rerumnovarumlaan, 2, B-2340 Beerse, Belgium Arachnological Contributions. Newsletter of the Belgian arachnological Society 28 (suppl.). 2013 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0B8D44F7-F784-43C7-BD96-AA8B2B2CD852 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: Robert Kekenbosch Meerweg 51 1601 Ruisbroek PENNINGMEESTER/TRÉSORIER: Domir De Bakker Jozef Duthoylaan 64 8790 Waregem BIBLIOTHECARIS/BIBLIOTHÉCAIRE: Johan Van Keer Bormstraat 204 bus 3 1880 Kapelle-op-den-Bos WEBMASTER Dries Bonte Universiteit Gent, TEREC K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35 9000 Gent ADJUNCT SECRETARIS/SÉCRÉTAIRE ADJOINTE Lutgarde Van Nieuwenhuyze Montereystraat 43 9000 Gent LIDGELD/CÔTISATION: 20 Euro REKENING/COMPTE: IBAN: BE65 0014b4419 4196 BIC: GEBABEBB Vermelding: “Lidgeld/côtisation ARABEL” 2 The spiders of Crete Table of Contents I. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 II. History of the study of Cretan spiders .............................................................................................................. 5 III. Methods and Material ..................................................................................................................................... 6 IV. Taxonomic part ................................................................................................................................................ 8 IV.1. New synonymies ........................................................................................................................................ 8 IV.2. New combinations ................................................................................................................................... 10 IV. 3. Descriptions of unknown sexes ............................................................................................................... 10 IV.4. Some figures of poorly known species .................................................................................................... 13 V. List of species and records ............................................................................................................................... 21 5. Family Hexathelidae ........................................................................................................................................ 21 7. Family Cyrtaucheniidae ................................................................................................................................... 21 8. Family Ctenizidae ............................................................................................................................................. 21 13. Family Nemesiidae ......................................................................................................................................... 21 21. Family Filistatidae ......................................................................................................................................... 22 22. Family Sicariidae ........................................................................................................................................... 22 23. Family Scytodidae .......................................................................................................................................... 23 26. Family Leptonetidae ....................................................................................................................................... 24 29. Family Pholcidae ........................................................................................................................................... 24 35. Family Segestriidae ........................................................................................................................................ 27 36. Family Dysderidae.......................................................................................................................................... 28 37. Family Oonopidae .......................................................................................................................................... 33 45. Family Palpimanidae ..................................................................................................................................... 33 47. Family Mimetidae .......................................................................................................................................... 34 48. Family Eresidae ............................................................................................................................................. 35 49. Family Oecobiidae.......................................................................................................................................... 35 52. Family Uloboridae.......................................................................................................................................... 36 55. Family Nesticidae ........................................................................................................................................... 37 56. Family Theridiidae ......................................................................................................................................... 37 65. Family Linyphiidae ........................................................................................................................................ 48 66. Family Tetragnathidae ................................................................................................................................... 57 68. Family Araneidae ........................................................................................................................................... 58 69. Family Lycosidae ........................................................................................................................................... 62 71. Family Pisauridae .......................................................................................................................................... 69 72. Family Oxyopidae .......................................................................................................................................... 69 77. Family Zoropsidae.......................................................................................................................................... 70 78. Family Zoridae ............................................................................................................................................... 70 80. Family Agelenidae.......................................................................................................................................... 70 85. Family Hahniidae .......................................................................................................................................... 75 86. Family Dictynidae .......................................................................................................................................... 75 87. Family Amaurobiidae .................................................................................................................................... 76 89. Family Titanoecidae ....................................................................................................................................... 78 92. Family Miturgidae ......................................................................................................................................... 78 93. Family Anyphaenidae .................................................................................................................................... 79 94. Family Liocranidae ........................................................................................................................................ 79 95. Family Clubionidae ........................................................................................................................................ 80 96. Family Corinnidae ......................................................................................................................................... 81 97. Family