Review of the wolf spider genus Xerolycosa Dahl, 1908 from China (Araneae: Lycosidae).

The wolf spider of genus Xerolycosa Dahl, 1908 from China is reviewed, including four species: X. miniata (C.L.

Review of the wolf spider genus Azarkina & Trilikauskas, 2019 from China (Araneae, Lycosidae).

The wolf spider genus Azarkina & Trilikauskas, 2019 from China is reviewed, including two species: (L. Koch, 1878) (♂♀) and (Urita, Tang & Song, 1993) (♂♀). Both species are restricted to northern China, with recorded from China for the first time.

New taxonomic considerations in Zodariellum Andreeva amp; Tyshchenko, 1968 (Araneae: Zodariidae), with notes on the presence of cymbial diverticulum in different zodariid genera.

New taxonomic considerations in the zodariid spider genus Zodariellum Andreeva Tyshchenko, 1968 are proposed. On the basis of male specimens collected in Turkmenistan, Z. turanicum sp.

New taxonomic data on Zodariinae (Araneae: Zodariidae) of Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

New taxonomic considerations on several species of the zodariid spider subfamily Zodariinae Thorell, 1881 occurring in Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan are presented. Three species, Trygetus cyrus sp. n.

Glebych minutissimus gen. et sp. nov., the smallest cobweb spider (Araneae: Theridiidae).

Glebych minutissimus gen. et sp. n.

Resurrection of the spider genus Bucliona Benoit, 1977, with a description of a new species from Kenya (Araneae, Clubionidae).

The monotypic genus Bucliona Benoit, 1977 (type Clubiona dubia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870 from Saint Helena Island), previously considered a junior synonym of Clubiona Latreille, 1804, is resurrected. Three species are assigned to the genus Bucliona: B.

The first Western Palearctic record of Pocock (Araneae, Pisauridae), with description of a new species from Israel.

The primarily Afrotropical genus Pocock, 1897 is recorded in the Western Palearctic for the first time. A diagnosis and an illustrated description of , based on a single male from southern Israel, are provided. Considering the structure of the male palp, the holotype of resembles males of two widespread African species, Simon, 1898 and Lessert, 1916; it differs from them by colouration pattern as well as by the different shapes of the retrolateral tibial apophysis and the palpal sclerites.

A new genus and ten new species of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iran.

One new genus ( ; Liocranidae) and 10 new species of five families of spiders are described from different provinces of Iran: (♂♀, Alborz and Kurdistan provinces) (Dictynidae), (♂, East Azerbaijan Province), (♂, Hormozgan Province), (♂, Kerman Province) (Gnaphosidae), (♂, Golestan Province), (♂, Golestan Province) (Liocranidae), (♂, Kerman Province), (♂♀, Hormozgan Province) (Palpimanidae), (♂, Hormozgan Province), and (♂, Hormozgan Province) (Philodromidae). Furthermore, (Kulczyński, 1897), (ex. ) and (Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021), (ex.

Taxonomic notes on a pirate spider occurring in China (Araneae, Mimetidae).

Based on molecular analysis (12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, 18S rRNA and histone H3) and morphological characters, it was found that Ero juhuaensis Xu, Wang Wang, 1987 is misplaced and belongs to Mimetus Hentz, 1832. A new combination is suggested, Mimetus juhuaensis (Xu et al., 1987) new combination.

Revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Iran and Turkmenistan, with seventeen new species.

Species of the spider family Zodariidae occurring in Iran and Turkmenistan are reviewed. Seventeen species of three subfamilies are described as new to science: (♂, Qom; northern Iran), (♂, Alborz; northern Iran) (Lachesaninae), (♂♀, Kermanshah and Lorestan; western Iran), (♂♀, Fars; southwestern Iran) (Storeninae), (♂, Tehran; northern Iran), (♂♀, Qazvin and Tehran; northern Iran), (♂, Ilam and Lorestan; western Iran), (♂♀, Fars; southern Iran), (♂♀, Tehran; northern Iran), (♂, Kurdistan; western Iran), (♂, Kermanshah; western Iran), (♂♀, Fars, Isfahan and Markazi; central Iran), (♂, Mary; southeastern Turkmenistan), (♂, Isfahan; central Iran), (♂♀, Ardabil and Qazvin; northern and northwestern Iran), (♂, East Azerbaijan and Kurdistan; northwestern and western Iran) and (♀, Khuzestan; southwestern Iran) (Zodariinae). Andreeva & Tyshchenko, 1968, currently comprising only the type species ( Andreeva & Tyshchenko, 1968) is rediagnosed, with the following species being (re)transferred to it: (Tyshchenko, 1970) , (Kroneberg, 1875) , (Nenilin, 1985) , (Zhu & Zhu, 1983) , (Andreeva & Tyshchenko, 1968) , (Zhu, 1988) , Marusik & Koponen, 2001 , (Nenilin & Fet, 1985) , (Eskov, 1996) , Andreeva & Tyshchenko, 1968 , Marusik & Koponen, 2001 , (Nenilin & Fet, 1985) and Ponomarev, 2007 (all ex.

On the northernmost species in China, with a first description of the female of (Araneae, Oonopidae).

Liu, Xu & Henrard, 2019, a species previously known only from males collected in Jiangxi Province, was found in Liaoning, ca 2200 km northeast of the type locality, including specimens of both sexes. The previously unknown female of this species is described, and the male is redescribed. A key to species of the genus from China is provided.

'Burning Violin': The Medically Important Spider Genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in Iran, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan, With Two New Species.

The taxonomic status of the medically important spider genus Loxosceles Heineken et Lowe, 1832 (Sicariidae) in Iran, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan is revised. Two species are described as new to science: Loxosceles coheni sp. n.

A new species of L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae, Trachelidae) from Tajikistan.

A new species of trachelid spiders, is described from south-western Tajikistan based on both sexes. The new species is closely related to Simon, 1896 from South-East Asia but differs in the conformation of the copulatory organs and color pattern.

On the identity of Trochosa hispanica (Araneae, Lycosidae), with notes on the synonymy of West Palaearctic "Trochosa" species.

Specimens belonging to Trochosa hispanica Simon, 1870 collected in different parts of the range were compared to determine whether they belong to the same species or represent a series of cryptic species. No significant differences were found between different populations. Most of the females examined have a kind of mating plug blocking the pathway of embolus, but not the copulatory openings like in other spiders.

Redescription of holotypes of four species (Araneae, Lycosidae) from China.

The holotypes of four species of Sundevall, 1833 described from China, Tang, Yin & Yang, 1997 (♀); Peng, Yin, Zhang & Kim, 1997 (♀); Tang, Yin & Yang, 1997 (♂), and Peng, Yin, Zhang & Kim, 1997 (♀), are reexamined. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, remarks, and a distribution map of the three valid species are given. is found to be junior synonym of (Schenkel, 1953).

Taxonomic notes on Amaurobius (Araneae: Amaurobiidae), including the description of a new species.

A new species, Amaurobius caucasicus sp. n., is described based on the holotype male and two male paratypes from Eastern Georgia.

On and (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Caucasus, Middle East and Central Asia.

New taxonomic data for species belonging to Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 and Simon, 1864 occurring in the Caucasus, Middle East and Central Asia are provided. Three species are described as new to science: (♂♀, northwestern, central and southwestern Iran), (♂♀, southwestern Iran, eastern Kazakhstan and northern India) and (♂♀, central Iran). (Brignoli, 1983) is removed from the synonymy of (Bakhvalov, 1978), redescribed and recorded from Iran and Turkmenistan for the first time.

New data on Parasyrisca (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Mongolia.

Three new species of Parasyrisca Schenkel, 1963 belonging to the potanini-group are described from Western Mongolia: P. platnicki sp. n.

The spider genus in Iran, with the description of a new genus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae).

The spider genus Kulczyński, 1903 (Gnaphosidae) is surveyed in Iran. To date, three species of this genus were known in the country: (Roewer, 1955), (C. L.

Circumpolar terrestrial arthropod monitoring: A review of ongoing activities, opportunities and challenges, with a focus on spiders.

The terrestrial chapter of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme (CBMP) has the potential to bring international multi-taxon, long-term monitoring together, but detailed fundamental species information for Arctic arthropods lags far behind that for vertebrates and plants. In this paper, we demonstrate this major challenge to the CBMP by focussing on spiders (Order: Araneae) as an example group. We collate available circumpolar data on the distribution of spiders and highlight the current monitoring opportunities and identify the key knowledge gaps to address before monitoring can become efficient.

Status and trends of terrestrial arthropod abundance and diversity in the North Atlantic region of the Arctic.

The Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme (CBMP) provides an opportunity to improve our knowledge of Arctic arthropod diversity, but initial baseline studies are required to summarise the status and trends of planned target groups of species known as Focal Ecosystem Components (FECs). We begin this process by collating available data for a relatively well-studied region in the Arctic, the North Atlantic region, summarising the diversity of key terrestrial arthropod FECs, and compiling trends for some representative species. We found the FEC classification system to be challenging to implement, but identified some key groups to target in the initial phases of the programme.

A survey of the Lohmander, 1944 from Central Asia (Araneae, Clubiondae).

Latreille, 1804, with more than 500 named species, is one of the largest genera of Araneae. The genus has 15 synonyms, most of which are not listed in the World Spider Catalog (2018) and unknown to many arachnologists. The most comprehensive survey of sensu lato by Wunderlich (2011) also lacked a few synonyms.