ARACHNOLOGISCHE GESELLSCHAFT

Doi
10.30963/aramit6603
Author

Dolejš P

Year
2023
Title

A historical collection of Greek spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in the National Museum of the Czech Republic

Title translated

Eine historische Sammlung der Spinnen Griechenlands (Arachnida: Araneae) im Nationalmuseum der Tschechischen Republik

Issue

Heft 66

Pages
17-23
Abstract

Greek spiders in the historical collection of the National Museum of the Czech Republic in Prague (NMPC) were mainly collected during expeditions organized by the NMPC before World War II. Some younger specimens are present in collections of the Czech arachnologists František Miller and Jan Buchar. The material was collected at 23 localities and includes 247 identifiable specimens from 74 species. Spiders were identified (or revised) according to current arachnological knowledge and thereafter databased. Among them, Leviellus stroemi (Thorell, 1870) is recorded for the first time from Greece.

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Keywords

Crete, expeditions, faunistics, Greece, Leviellus stroemi, new records, Peloponnese, zoological collection