Description of a new Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 from southern Turkey with remarks on the Tegenaria ariadnae species-complex (Arachnida, Araneae)

Authors: Dimitrov, Dragomir Country: Turkey DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.935.52089 Published: Jan. 1, 2020 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Cave fauna · Topics: Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Amphibian and Reptile Biology

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A new cave-dwelling species of Tegenaria, T. lazarovi sp. nov., is described from southern Turkey, based on both sexes. The new species belongs to the T. ariadnae species-complex which is distributed in the Eastern Mediterranean (Crete, northern Libya). The new species is compared to its morphologically closest congeners. New taxonomically relevant pictures are given for two of them. The distribution of the Tegenaria ariadnae species-complex is summarized and discussed.

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