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https://arages.de/en/journal/arachnology-lettersHirna A & Yanul V
On some rare and newly recorded spider species for the Ukrainian Carpathians (Arachnida: Araneae)
Bemerkungen zu einigen seltenen und neu nachgewiesenen Spinnenarten für die Ukrainischen Karpaten (Arachnida: Araneae)
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This paper mentions six rare and understudied spider species from the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains. Data on two species, Clubiona saxatilis L. Koch, 1867 and Erigone cristatopalpus Simon, 1884, also represent the first records for the Ukrainian fauna. This study also confirms the presence of Zelotes similis (Kulczyński, 1887), previously known from the Ukrainian Carpathians only through W. Kulczyński’s file index – old unpublished records, stored at the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. Additionally, we provide supplementary data on the distribution and habitat preferences of Iberina montana (Blackwall, 1841), and Taranucnus beskidicus Hirna, 2018 in the Eastern Carpathians. In a separate note, the presence of Cetonana laticeps (Canestrini, 1868), an understudied element in the Ukrainian spider fauna, is mentioned and discussed. Over the last decades, this species has probably extended its range across the Transcarpathian Lowland of the Pannonian Plain and along the Vihorlat-Gutyn mountain ridge. The presented data on an urban record of Cetonana laticeps therefore provide insights into the dynamics and implications of its geographical expansion.
Cetonana laticeps, Clubiona saxatilis, distribution, Erigone cristatopalpus, Iberina montana, Taranucnus beskidicus, Zelotes similis