Taxonomic notes on two sibling species of Metellina from Asia (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)

By

Özkütük, Recep Sulhi
Marusik, Yuri M.
Kunt, Kadir Boğaç
Elverici, Mert

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

695

Pages

75-88

Subjects

Anatolia , Aranei , Caucasus , Central Asia , Description , Iran , Metainae , new record

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.695.13611

 

Abstract

Two sibling species, Metellina orientalis (Spassky, 1932) and M. kirgisica (Bakhvalov, 1974), occurring in the Middle East and Central Asia are redescribed and their distributions mapped. The previously unknown male of M. kirgisica is described for the first time. Stridulatory files on male chelicera of Metellina are also documented for the first time. The occurrence of M. kirgisica in Azerbaijan and Tajikistan and the presence of M. orientalis in Turkey are confirmed.