A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus
NEW FEATURE: Now there is also a download area with downloadable full-text articles or abstracts.
The database now includes 1002 species from 64 articles, representing 9429 records (3045 original records) of spiders in the Caucasus.
Most species have been recorded from Azerbaijan (691), followed by Georgia (501), the North-Caucasus (301), and Armenia (151).
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.
"... 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)