Caucasian Spiders

A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus

October 11, 2010

New literature

by @ 11:31 am. Filed under Database

Specimens of Lepthyphantes lagodekhensis Tanasevitch, 1990 have recently been found in NE Georgia, among them the first known male. It is described in a new article and the species is transferred to the genus Bolyphantes, hence its new name Bolyphantes lagodekhensis (Tanasevitch, 1990). See the records in the database.

Otto S. & Tanasevitch A.V. 2010. First description of the male of Lepthyphantes lagodekhensis Tanasevitch, 1990 (Arachnida: Araneae: Micronetinae). - Arthropoda Selecta, 19 (3): 203-207

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