Description of a new Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 from southern Turkey with remarks on the Tegenaria ariadnae species-complex (Arachnida, Araneae)

By

Dimitrov, Dragomir

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

935

Pages

47--55

Subjects

Cave fauna , endemic , funnel weaver spiders , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.935.52089

 

Abstract

A new cave-dwelling species of Tegenaria, T. lazarovisp. nov., is described from southern Turkey, based on both sexes. The new species belongs to the T. ariadnae species-complex which is distributed in the Eastern Mediterranean (Crete, northern Libya). The new species is compared to its morphologically closest congeners. New taxonomically relevant pictures are given for two of them. The distribution of the Tegenaria ariadnae species-complex is summarized and discussed.