A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus
The database now includes 999 species from 46 articles, representing 2785 original and 4530 cited records of spiders in the Caucasus.
Most species have been recorded from Azerbaijan (690), followed by Georgia (501), the North-Caucasus (279), and Armenia (149).
Maps and lists of the records for each species are accessible via the checklists in the ‘Country checklists and Maps‘-section of the main menu. The numbers of records are given in brackets behind each species in the country checklists.
We included more records from:
Charitonov (1947): cave-spiders from various families
Eskov (1987): Theridiidae
Kulczynski (1895): species from various families
Logunov et al. (1999): Salticidae
Marusik (1985): Araneidae, Tetragnathidae, Theridiosomatidae, Uloboridae
Marusik (1987): Araneidae
Marusik(1989): Theridiidae, Araneidae, Thomisidae
Ovtsharenko (1978): Salticidae
Ovtsharenko (1979): Gnaphosidae, Thomisidae, Lycosidae
Rakov & Logunov (1996): Salticidae
Tanasevitch (1986): Linyphiidae
Again, if You have any critical remarks, suggestions for improvements or know not yet included literature, please let us know!
"... a thorough collecting of Arachnids in Transcaucasia would yield a magnificent prey because, namely in spiders, an astonishing richness in both individuals and species made itself noticeable." L. Koch (1878)