http://caucasus-spiders.info A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:01:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mykola Kovblyuk recently sent my a new article: Kovblyuk, M. M. & Nadolny, A. A. (2009): The spider genus Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 in Crimea and Caucasus with the description of Paratrachelas gen.n. (Aranei: Corinnidae) Arthropoda Selecta, 18, 35-46 [full-text PDF] This paper includes records of: Paratrachelas maculatus (Thorell, 1875) (Crimea) Trachelas minor (O. ... http://caucasus-spiders.info/2009/12/19/new-literature-4/ The content of the German journal 'Arachnologische Mitteilungen' is available as PDF articles. However, the four most current journals are restricted to members of the ARAGES or subscribers of this journal respectively. Even though the journal focusses on the arachnofauna of Central Europe, some articles are related to Caucasian spiders. http://caucasus-spiders.info/2009/09/02/free-journal-pdfs/ I spent the time between late March and mid-July 2009 in Georgia, starting my dissertation on the canopy spiders of Colchic forests in western Georgia - Kintrishi Reserve and Mtirala NP. When I was not in the field, I worked in the arachnological collection of Janashia Georgian National Museum. This ... http://caucasus-spiders.info/2009/07/15/preliminary-catalog-of-the-janashia-museum-tbilisi/ Kadir Bogaç Kunt, Altuɠ Kiziltuɠ and Yuri Marusik went on a field trip throughout Turkey, collecting spiders in Marmara Region, Aegean Region, Mediterranean Region, Black Sea Region and in the Central Anatolian Region. Between 11th and 14th I joined them, coming from my study areas in western Georgia, taking part ... http://caucasus-spiders.info/2009/06/19/1-international-field-trip-in-turkey-27th-may-14th-june-2009/ Logunov, D. V.; Guseinov, E. F. (2008): A faunistic review of the spider family Philodromidae (Aranei) of Azerbaijan. Arthropoda Selecta 17 (1-2): 117-131. (full-text PDF). http://caucasus-spiders.info/2009/04/22/new-literature-3/ I just received a message from Yuri Marusik concerning a database entry:  >I found that Paracoelotes spasskyi is missing from Azerbaijan in your catalogue, while it > is present in Mikhailov's. This species was at least reported by Dunin  (1989). >Yrs, Yura I will change this in the database as soon as possible but it might ... http://caucasus-spiders.info/2009/04/03/121/ Dmitri Logunov just pointed out to me, that all articles published in Arthropoda Selecta are available as PDF downloads via the British Arachnological Society (tab 'Hosted Sites'). http://caucasus-spiders.info/2009/03/17/articles-from-arthropoda-selecta/ I uploaded a new article on two new Drassodes species from Dagestan: Drassodes archibensis Ponomarev & Alieva, 2008 and D. dagestanus Ponomarev & Alieva, 2008. Ponomarev, A. V. & Alieva, S. V. (2008): New species of spiders of the genus Drassodes Westring, 1851 (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) of Dagestan. ... http://caucasus-spiders.info/2009/02/11/new-article-4/ There is a new article by Mykola Kovblyuk on the genus Micaria in the Crimea. It includes references to material from Azerbaijan. Kovblyuk, M. M. & Nadolny, A. A. (2007): The spider genus Micaria Westring, 1851 in the Crimea (Aranei: Gnaphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 16 (4): ... http://caucasus-spiders.info/2009/01/19/new-article-3/ I scanned and uploaded an old article by Eugene Simon: Simon, E. (1899): Araneae caucasicae. Museum Caucasicum 1, 477-478. [full-text PDF] http://caucasus-spiders.info/2008/12/10/new-article-2/