Redescription of a Poorly Known Spider Species, Xysticus Kulczynskii Wierzbicki 1902 (Araneae: Thomisidae)

Abstract

A poorly known species, Xysticus kulczynskii Wierzbicki 1902, is redescribed on the basis of material newly collected from Azerbaijan and Iran. The male is described for the first time. A diagnosis distinguishing the species from the European X. ferrugineus Menge 1876 is provided. © 2002, Arachnological Society of Japan. All rights reserved.