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Issue: Vol. 4851 No. 3: 11 Sept. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-09-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.6
Page range: 559–572
Abstract views: 219
PDF downloaded: 8

A black sheep in Eresus (Araneae: Eresidae): taxonomic notes on the ladybird spiders of Iran and Turkey, with a new species

Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
2Nature Conservation and National Parks Branch Office of Ardahan, Ardahan, Turkey
Department of Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Rottenbiller u. 50, Budapest, 1077, Hungary
Araneae Caucasus Middle-East re-description taxonomy velvet spiders

Abstract

New taxonomic data are provided on the ladybird spider genus Eresus Walckenaer, 1805 in Turkey and Iran. Eresus adaleari Zamani & Szűts, sp. n. is described as a new species, on the basis of a single male specimen collected in Semnan Province, northeastern Iran, and Eresus lavrosiae Mcheidze, 1997, previously known solely from the original description of the male holotype from Georgia, is re-described on the basis of one newly collected male specimen from Kars Province, eastern Turkey. Both of these species are generally dark-colored, which contrasts with the usual coloration of males of this genus. Finally, a few methods and suggestions that might accelerate and improve taxonomic procedures for studying this group are discussed.

 

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