Spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Martyan Cape Reserve (Crimea, Ukraine)

Abstract

140 spider species are discovered on the territory of Martyan Cape Reserve. Some species are pointed out for the first time: 5 species – Pocadicnemis juncea Locket, Millidge, 1953, Pardosa proxima (C.L. Koch, 1847), Philodromus collinus C.L. Koch, 1835, Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1870), Tmarus stellio Simon, 1875 for Crimean territory; 5 species – Araeoncus caucasicus Tanasevitch, 1987, Canariphantes nanus (Kulczyński, 1898), Mesiotelus tenuissimus (L. Koch, 1866), Thantatus atratus Simon, 1875, Th. imbecillus L. Koch, 1878 for the territory of Ukraine and 5 species – Malthonica dalmatica (Kulczynski, 1906), Zygiella keyserlingi (Ausserer, 1871), Lathys simplex (Simon, 1884), Episinus maculipes Cavanna, 1876, Euryopis sexalbomaculata (Lucas, 1846) for the territory of the former Soviet Union. The specimens of Oonopidae family are registered in Crimea for the first time as well.