New data on spiders (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae) of Georgia with description of a new species from Tegenaria lyncea group

By

Seropian, Armen
Ninua, Levan
Rostiashvili, Ioane
Bulbulashvili, Natalia
Makharadze, Giorgi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-9-12

Original Publication

Caucasiana : journal on the biodiversity of the Caucasus and the adjacent regions

Volume

4

Pages

65--80

Subjects

Agelenidae , Biodiversity , Gnaphosidae , Linyphiidae , Lycosidae , new record , new species , South Caucasus

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[Sofia, Bulgaria] Pensoft 2022-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/caucasiana.4.e162490

 

Abstract

In this paper we present new faunistic and regional data on the Agelenidae, Gnaphosidae, Linyphiidae, and Lycosidae of Georgia. Tegenaria hasperi Chyzer, 1897 (Agelenidae), Archaraeoncus prospiciens (Thorell, 1875), Trichoncoides piscator (Simon, 1884) (both Linyphiidae), and Aulonia kratochvili Dunin, Buchar & Absolon, 1986 (Lycosidae) are reported for the first time from Georgia. Echemus levyi Kovblyuk & Seyyar, 2009 (Gnaphosidae) is reported for the first time from the Caucasus region. Tegenaria pseudolyncea (Guseinov, Marusik & Koponen, 2005) (Agelenidae) is documented in Georgia outside the Samachablo region for the first time. Marinarozelotes malkini (Platnick & Murphy, 1984) (Gnaphosidae) is recorded in the Southern Caucasus for the second time. Lastly, a new species from the Tegenaria lyncea group, T. amiranisp. nov. is described based on both male and female specimens from Georgia. Diagnostic illustrations, photographs of a live T. hasperi female, and images of T. amiranisp. nov. are provided along with detailed collecting data.