Caucasian Spiders

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Alderweireldt, M. (2002): Redescription of Arctosa tbilisiensis Mcheidze, 1947, a poorly known Pontocaspian wolf spider (Araneae, Lycosidae). Bull. Br. arach. Soc.. 12 (4) : 183-184

Atakishiev, T. A. (1969): Spiders as symbionts of the honey bee.[in Russian]. Uchenye zapiski Kazansk. gos. veterin. inst.. 105 : 317-323

Azarkina, G. (2003): New and poorly known Palaearctic species of the genus Phlegra Simon, 1876 (Araneae, Salticidae). Revue arachnol.. 14 : 73-108

Azarkina, G. N. (2002): New and poorly known species of the genus Aelurillus Simon, 1884 from Central Asia, Asia Minor and the eastern Mediterranean (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc.. 12 (6) : 249-263

Azarkina, G. N. (2002): Aelurillus ater (Kroneberg, 1875) and related species of jumping spiders in the fauna of Middle Asia and the Caucasus (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 11 (1) : 89-107

Bayram, A., Sancak, Z., Danisman, T., & Corak, I. (2007): Spider Fauna of the Argyropiformia Group of the North-East Blacksea Region (Superfamily: Argyropiformia, Araneae). Journal of Applied Biological Sciences. 1 (2) : 13-17

Bayram, A. & Varol, M. I. (2003): On Poecilochroa variana, recently collected in Turkey for the first time (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zoology in the Middle East. (30): 101-104

Bogachev, A. V. (1951): Order Spiders - Araneina. Animal World of Azerbaijan, Baku AS Press. : 406-409

Buchar, J. (1966): Beitrag zur Kenntnis der paläarktischen Pirata-Arten (Araneae, Lycosidae). Vestnik Ceskoslovenske spolecnosti zoologicke. 30 (3) : 210-218

Buchar, J. & Thaler, K. (1998): Lycosidae from the high alpine zone of the Caucasus range, with comparative remarks on the fauna of the Alps (Arachnidae: Araneae). Linzer biol. Beitr.. 30 (2) : 705-717

Charitonov, D. E. (1932): Katalog der Russischen Spinnen. Suppl. to Annu. Mus. Zool. Acad. Sci. URSS. 32 : 1-203

Charitonov, D. E. (1936): A supplement to the catalogue of Russian spiders [in Russian]. Uchonye zap. Perm. gos. univ.. 2 (1) : 167-222

Charitonov, D. E. (1939): On the cave spiders of Abkhasia [in Russian] [O peschchernuich paukakh Abkhasii.]. Inst. Grus. fil. AN CCCR zool. sector, Tbilissi. : 197-211

Charitonov, D. E. (1941): On the cave fauna of Caucasus [in Russian]. Bull. Inst. Rech. biol. Molotov. 12 (2) : 67-71

Charitonov, D. E. (1941): New materials on the Arachnoidea of Abkhasia caves [in Russian]. Trav. Inst. Zool. Acad. Sci. RSSGeorg.. 4 : 165-175

Charitonov, D. E. (1946): Arachnoidea from the Sataple Cave (Kutaisi) [in Russian]. Soobsch. AN GCCR. 7 (3) : 145-147

Charitonov, D. E. (1947): Spiders and harvestspiders from the caves of the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus [in Russian]. Biospeologica sovietica. 52 (2) : 15-28

Charitonov, D. E. (1948): A new species of Brachythele in Georgia [in Russian]. Soobsch. AN GCCR. 9 (2) : 135-139

Charitonov, D. E. (1956): Overview of the spider family Dysderidae in the fauna of the USSR. [in Russian]. Utsh. zap. Permsk. gos. un-ta. 10 (1) : 17-39

Crome, W. (1965): Studien an Krabbenspinnen (Araneae: Thomisidae) 5. Subspezifische Gliederung von Xysticus ninnii Thorell, 1872 und ein Versuch zur Zoogeographie der Unterarten. Dt. ent. Z. (N. F.). 12 : 421-441

Dalmas, R. (1921): Monographie des Araignees de la section des Pterotricha (Aran. Gnaphosidae). Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.. 89 : 233-328

Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. & Deeleman, P. R. (1988): Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les esp?ces Mediterran?dunennes Occidentales expect�es. Tijdschr. Entomol. 131 : 141-269

Dunin, P. M. (1979): Materials on the spider fauna (Salticidae) of Azerbaijan [in Russian]. Uchyonye zapiski Azerbaijan. uni. (Biol.). : 35-40

Dunin, P. M. (1982): [New data on Dysdera concinna L. Koch (Aranei, Dysderidae)]. Zool. Zh.. 61 (4) : 605-607

Dunin, P. M. (1984): Fauna and ecology of the spiders (Aranei) of the Apsheron Peninsula (Azerbajanian SSR) [in Russian] [Fauna i ekologia paukov (Aranei) Apscheronskovo polyostrova (Aserbaijanskaja SSR)]. Utochkin, A. (Ed.) Fauna i ekologia paukoobrasnykh. (Perm University) : 45-59

Dunin, P. M. (1985): A new species of spiders from the genus Titanoeca in the eastern part of Great Caucasus (Aranei, Titanoecidae). [Novyi vid paukov roda Titanoeca is vostotshnoy tshasti bolschovo Kavkaza (Aranei, Titanoecidae]. Zool. Zh.. 64 (6) : 932-934

Dunin, P. M. (1986): The spider family Segestriidae in the USSR fauna (Arachnida: Araneae: Haplogynae). Senckenbergiana biologica. 66 (4/6) : 327-332

Dunin, P. M. (1987): Dysdera ghilarovi sp. n. (Aranei, Dysderidae) from Azerbaijan. [Dysdera ghilarovi sp. n. (Aranei, Dysderidae) is Azerbaidshana]. Zool. Zh.. 66 (6) : 949-951

Dunin, P. M. (1988): Cribellate spiders (Aranei, Cribellatae) of Azerbaijan [in Russian]. Entomol. Obozr.. 67 (1) : 190-203

Dunin, P. M. (1989): Fauna and altitudinal distribution of spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Azerbaijan part of the southern macroslope of the Caucasus Major [in Russian]. Nauka: Fauna i ecol. paukov i skorpionov, Moscow. : 31-39

Dunin, P. M. (1989): New spider species of the Harpactea genus from Armenia (Aranei, Dysderidae) [Novye vidy paukov roda Harpactea is Armenii (Aranei, Dysderidae)]. Zool. Zh.. 68 (7) : 142-145

Dunin, P. M. (1990): Spiders of the genus Dysdera (Aranei, Haplogynae, Dysderidae) from Azerbaijan. [Pauki roda Dysdera (Aranei, Haplogynae, Dysderidae) fauny Azerbaidshana]. Zool. Zh.. 69 (6) : 141-147

Dunin, P. M. (1990): Leptonetela caucasica sp. n. - First record of the family Leptonetidae (Aranei, Haplogynae) in the USSR (Aranei, Haplogynae). Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal. 1 : 147-148

Dunin, P. M. (1991): Spiders of genus Harpactea in the fauna of Azerbaijan (Aranei, Haplogynae, Dysderidae). Zool. Zh.. 70 (9) : 76-86

Dunin, P. M. (1991): New species of the Spider Genus Dysdera from the Caucasus (Aranei, Haplogynae, Dysderidae). Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal. 8 : 90-98

Dunin, P. M. (1992): New species of the genera Harpactea in the Caucasus fauna (Aranei, Haplogynae, Dysderidae). Zool. Zh.. 71 (1) : 58-62

Dunin, P. M. (1992): The spider family Dysderidae of the Caucasian fauna (Arachnida Aranei Haplogynae). Arthropoda Selecta. 1 (3) : 35-76

Dunin, P. M. (1993): A new species of the spider genus Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 from Azerbaijan (Aranei Dysderidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 2 (2) : 45-46

Dunin, P. M. Mygalomorphic spiders (Aranei, Mygalomorphae) of Azerbaijan. Zool. Zh.. 67 : 1245-1248

Dunin, P. M. The spider family Dysderidae (Aranei, Haplogynae) in the Soviet Central Asia. Trudy zool. Inst. Leningr.. (114-120)

Dunin, P. M. Material on the spider fauna of Salticidae in Azerbaijan [in Russian]. Naukhnye Trudy Azerb. univ. Series biol. nauk.. (35-40)

Dunin, P. M., Buchar, J., & Absolon, K. (1986): Die dritte paläarktische Aulonia-Art: Aulonia kratochvili sp. n. (Araneida, Lycosidae). Vestn. Cs. spolec. zool.. 50 : 28-32

Dunin, P. M. & Mamedov, A. A. (1992): Spiders in cotton fields of the southeastern part of Azerbaijan [in Russian]. Bull. Moskovskogo obsch. ispyt. prirody Biol.. 97 (2) : 53-61

Dunin, P. M. & Nenilin, A. B. (1987): The spider family Zodariidae in the Caucasus (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana biologica. 68 (1/3) : 191-198

Dunin, P. M. & Zacharian, V. A. (1991): New spider species of genus Zodarion from the Caucasus (Aranei, Zodariidae). Zool. Zh.. 70 (10) : 142-143

Eskov, K. Y. (1981): Zoogeography of the Spider Genus Hilaira (Aranei, Linyphiidae). Zool. Zh.. 60 (11) : 1629-1639

Eskov, K. Y. (1987): The spider genus Robertus O. Pichard-Cambridge in the USSR, with an analysis of its distribution (Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae). Senck. biol.. 67 : 279-296

Esyunin, S. L. & Efimik, W. E. (2002): A review of the genus Devade (Aranei, Dictynidae) from fauna of central Asia and southern Russia. Zool. Zhur.. 79 (679-685)

Esyunin, S. L. & Farzalieva, G. S. (2002): Redescription of Tegenaria taurica Charitonov, 1947 (Aranei: Agelenidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 10 : 261-263

Gegechkori, A., Mkheidze, T., & Pkhakadze, V. (2005): The zoogeographical - chorological peculiarities of the spiders (family Dysderidae) of Georgia. Proc. Georg. Acad. Sci., Biol. Ser. B. 3 (1)

Gegechkori, A., Mkheidze, T., & Pkhakadze, V. (2005): The zoogeographical - chorological review of the spiders (family Thomisidae) of Georgia. Proc. Georg. Acad. Sci., Biol. Ser. B. 3 (2)

Gegechkori, A., Mkheidze, T., & Pkhakadze, V. (2006): The Ecological and Zoogeographical-Chorological Peculiarities of the Spiders (Families Dipluridae, Eresidae, Filistatidae, Amaurobiidae, Titanoecidae, Dictinidae, Uloboridae, Mimethidae, Sicariidae, Anyphaenidae, Sparassidae) Fauna of East Georgia. Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences. 173 (2) : 371-373

Ghavami, S. (2006): Renew Checklist of Spiders (Aranei) of Iran. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences. 9 (10) : 1839-1851

Ghavami, S. (2007): Spider Fauna in Caspian Coastal Region of Iran. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences. 10 (5) : 682-691

Gongalsky, K. B., Pokarzhevskii, A. D., & Savin, F. A. (2006): Soil macrofauna of submediterranean ecosystems in the Abrau Peninsula, the Northwestern Caucasus. Entomological Review. 86 (2) : 165-S171

Guseinov, E. (2002): New spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) in the fauna of the Caucasus. Conference, Machatshkala. : ???-293

Guseinov, E. F. (1997): Preliminary data on prey composition of some wandering species (Araneae) inhabiting Absheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan. Deposited in AzNIINTI No. 2500-Az of 27.06.97.

Guseinov, E. F. (1997): New genera of spiders (Arachniida, Araneae) new to the fauna of Absheron Peninsular, Azerbaijan. deposited in AzNIINTI No. 2501-Az of 27.06.97.

Guseinov, E. F. (1999): Spiders of Lenkoran Natural Region and Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan. Autoreferate of PhD-thesis, Baku. : 29 pp.

Guseinov, E. F. (1999): Landscape-zonal distribution of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Lenkoran Natural Region of Azerbaijan. Dokl. AN Azerb.. 54 (3-4) : 109-113

Guseinov, E. F., Cross, F. R., & R., J. R. (2005): Natural diet and prey-choice behaviour of Aelurillus muganicus (Araneidae: Salticidae), a myrmecophagic spider from Azerbaijan. Journal of Zoology London. 267 : 159-165

Guseinov, E. F., Marusik, Y. M., & Koponen, S. (2005): Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Azerbaijan. 5. Faunistic review of the funnel-web spiders (Agelenidae) with the description of new genus and species. Arthropoda Selecta. 14 (2) : 153-177

Guseinov, E. F. & Rubtsova, L. Y. (2001): Spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) new to the fauna of Caucasus [in Russian]. Proc. Conf. Study and Prot. of Anim. World on the End of the Century, Baku. : 236-239

Gvosdeva, O. A. (1987): Naseleneie paukov (Arachnida, Aranei) bukowykh lesov Severnoj Osetii Problemy potshvenoi zoologii. Materialy dokl. IX Wsesojus, covesch., Tbilissi. : 67-68

Heimer, S. (1981): Plesiophantes joosti gen. et sp. n. (Arachnida, Araneae, Linyphiidae). Reichenbachia. 19 (33) : 197-201

Jäger, P. & Otto, S. (2007): New records of Olios sericeus (Kroneberg 1875) with notes on its taxonomy and biogeography (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparassinae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnologia. 14 : 19-24

Kalandadze, L. & Mkheidze, T. (1955): On the biology of the tarentulas Lycosa vultuosa (C. L. Koch) and Lycosa singoriensis (Laxmann) [in Georgian]. Georg. Acad. Sc.. 16 (9) : 731-738

Kessler, K. F. (1878): Puteschestvie po Sakavkaskowo kraju v 1875 godu c zoologitscheskoi zelju. Trudy C.-Pb. Obsch-wa estestv.. 8

Koch, L. (1866): Die Arachniden - Familie der Drassiden. . Nürnberg, : 352

Koch, L. (1878): Kaukasische Arachnoideen. in Oscar Hrsg. Schneider (ed): Naturwissenschaftliche Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Kaukasusländer, auf Grund seiner Sammelausbeute. Sonderheft der Sitzungsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft ISIS. Dresden, : 9-71

Kovblyuk, M. M. (2004): A survey of spider species with Crimeo-Caucasian disjunct ranges (Arachnida, Araneae). European Arachnology 2002. Budapest, , Plant Protection Institute & Berzsenyi College : 251-258

Kovblyuk, M. M. (2004): The spider genus Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804 in the Crimea (Aranei: Gnaphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 13 (3): 1-20

Kovblyuk, M. & Nadolny, A. (2007): Harpactea spasskyi (Aranei, Dysderidae) from the Crimea. Vest. Zool. 41 (6): 547-548

Kovblyuk, M. M. & Ponomarev, A. V. (2008): New and interesting spiders (Aranei: Agelenidae, Corinnidae, Gnaphosidae, Nemesiidae, Thomisidae) from the West Caucasus. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin.   4 (2): 143-154

Kulczynski, L. (1895): Araneae a Dre G. Horvath in Bessarabia, Chersoneso Taurico, Transcaucasia et Armenia Russica collectae. Termesz. T?zetek. 18 (1/2) : 3-38

Levi, H. W. (1977): The orb-weaver genera Metepeira, Kaira and Aculepeira in America north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 148 (5) : 185-238

Levy, G. (1975): The spider genera Synema and Oxyptila in Israel (Araneae: Thomisidae). Isr. J. Zool.. 24 : 155-175

Levy, H. W. (1977): The orb-weaver genera Metepeira, Kaira and Aculepeira in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 148 : 185-238

Logunov, D. V. (1991): [The spider family Salticidae (Aranei) from Touva 1. Six new species of the genera Sitticus, Bianor, and Dendryphantes]. Zool. Zh.. 70 (6) : 50-60

Logunov, D. V. (1992): Salticidae of the Middle Asia (Aranei). I. New species from the genera Heliophanus, Salticus and Sitticus, with notes on new faunistic records of the family. Arthropoda Selecta. 1 (1) : 51-67

Logunov, D. V. (1995): New and little known species of the jumping spiders from Central Asia (Araneae: Salticidae). Zoosyst. Rossica. 3 : 237-246

Logunov, D. V. (1995): The genus Mogrus (Araneae: Salticidae) of Central Asia. Eur. J. Entomol.. 92 : 589-604

Logunov, D. V. (1996): A review of the genus Phlegra Simon, 1876 in the fauna of Russia and adjacent countries (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillinae). Genus. 7 : 533-567

Logunov, D. V. (1996): A review of the spider genus Synageles Simon, 1876 (Araneae, Salticidae) in the fauna of Central Asia. Bull. Inst. Roy. Soc. nat. Belg. (Ent.). 66 : 65-74

Logunov, D. V. (1997): Taxonomic notes on some Central Asian philodromid spiders (Aranei Philodromidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 6 (1/2) : 99-104

Logunov, D. V. (1997): Salticidae of Middle Asia. 4. A review of the genus Euophrys (s. str.) C. L. Koch (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc.. 10 : 344-352

Logunov, D. V. (1998): New species and new records of Palaearctic Sitticus (Araneae: Salticidae). Zoosystematica Rossica. 7 (1) : 77-83

Logunov, D. V. (1998): Pseudeuophrys is a valid genus of the jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). Revue Arachnologique. 12 (11) : 109-128

Logunov, D. V. (1998): Two new jumping spider species from the Caucasus (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 7 (4) : 301-303

Logunov, D. V. (1999): Redefinition of the genus Habrocestoides Proszyn’ski, 1992, with establishment of a new genus, Chinattus gen n. (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc.. 11 (4) : 139-149

Logunov, D. V. (2001): A redefinition of the genera Bianor Peckham & Peckham, 1885 and Harmochirus Simon, 1885, with the establishment of a new genus Sibianor gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 9 (4) : 221-286

Logunov, D. V. (2006): Notes on Xysticus kempelini Thorell, 1872 and two closely related spider species (Araneidae, Thomsidae). Acta Arachnologica. 55 (1) : 59-66

Logunov, D. V., Cutler, B., & Marusik, Y. M. (1993): A review of the genus Euophrys C. L. Koch in Siberia and the Russian Far East (Araneae: Salticidae). Ann. Zool. Fenn.. 30 : 101-124

Logunov, D. V. & Demir, H. (2006): Further faunistic notes on Cozyptila and Xysticus from Turkey (Araneae, Thomisidae). Arachnol. Mitt.. (31) : 40-45

Logunov, D. V. & Guseinov, E. F. (2002): Faunistic review of the jumping spiders of Azerbaijan (Aranei: Salticidae), with additional faunistic records from neighbouring Caucasian countries. Arthropoda Selecta. 10 (3) : 243-260

Logunov, D. V. & Heciak, S. (1996): Asianellus, a new name of the subfamily Aelurillinae (Araneae, Salticidae). Entomologica Scandinavica. 26 : 103-117

Logunov, D. V. & Kronestedt, T. (2002): A review of the genus Talavera Peckham and Peckham, 1909 (Araneae, Salticidae). Journal of Natural History. 37 : 1091-1154

Logunov, D. V. & Marusik, Y. M. (1990): The spider genus Phoroncidia (Aranei, Theridiidae) in the USSR. Proceedings ot the Zoological Institute, Leningrad. 226 : 91-97

Logunov, D. V. & Marusik, Y. M. (1994): New data on the jumping spiders of the Palearctic fauna (Aranei Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 3 (1-2) : 101-115

Logunov, D. V. & Marusik, Y. M. (1998): A brief review of the genus Chalcoscirtus Bertkau, 1880 in the faunas of Central Asia and the Caucasus (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 7 (3) : 205-226

Logunov, D. V. & Marusik, Y. M. (2000): Miscellaneous notes on Palaearctic Salticidae (Arachnida: Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta. 8 (4) : 263-292

Logunov, D. V. & Marusik, Y. M. (2003): A revision of the genus Yllenus Simon, 1868 (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae). KMK Scientific Press, Moscow. , KMK Scientific Press : 168

Logunov, D. V., Marusik, Y. M., & Koponen, S. (2002): Redescription of a poorly known spider species, Xysticus kulczynskii Wierzbicki 1902 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Acta Arachnologica. 51 (2) : 99-104

Logunov, D. V., Marusik, Y. M., & Mozaffarian, F. (2002): Faunistic review of the jumping spiders of Iran (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 10 (2) : 155-167

Logunov, D. V., Marusik, Y. M., & Rakov, S. Y. (1999): A review of the genus Pellenes in the fauna of Central Asia and the Caucasus (Araneae, Salticidae). J. Nat. Hist.. 33 : 89-148

Logunov, D. V. & Penney, D. (2004): A post-colloquium arachnological trip to Ciscaucasia, Russia. Newsl. Br. Arachnol. Soc.. 99 : 4-5

Logunov, D. V. & Rakov, S. Y. (1998): Miscellaneous notes on Middle Asian jumping spiders (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 7 (2) : 117-144

Logunov, D. V. & Wesolowskaa, W. (1993): Two new species of the genus Sitticus Simon, 1901, from middle Asia (Aranei: Salticidae). Ent. Basil.. 16 : 5-11

Marusik, Y. (1985): A systematic list of the orb-weaving spiders (Aranei: Araneidae, Tetragnathidae, Theridiosomatidae, Uloboridae) of the European part of the USSR and the Caucasus. Trudy zool. Inst. Leningr.. 139 : 135-140

Marusik, Y. (2005): A new family and interesting new records of spiders (Aranei) from the European parto of Russia. Arthropoda Selecta. 14 (1) : 89-91

Marusik, Y., Guseinov, E. F., & Aliev, H. A. (2004): Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Azerbaijan 4. Fauna of Naxcivan. Arthropoda Selecta. 13 (3) : 135-149

Marusik, Y., Lehtinen, P. T., & Kovblyuk, M. M. (2005): Cozyptila, a new genus of crab spiders (Aranei: Thomisidae: Thomisinae: Coriarachnini) from the western Palaearctic. Arthropoda Selecta. 13 (3) : 151-163

Marusik, Y., Mikhailov, K. G., & Guseinov, E. F. (2006): Advance in the study of biodiversity of Caucasian spiders (Araneae). European Arachnology 2005. , Acta zoologica bulgarica, Suppl. No. 1 : 259-268

Marusik, Y. M. (1986): The orb-weaver genus Larinia Simon in the USSR. Spixiana. 9 (3) : 245-254

Marusik, Y. M. (1986): A redescription of types of certain orb-weaving spiders (Araneidae, Tetragnathidae) from S. A. Spassky collection. Vest. Zool.. 6 : 19-22

Marusik, Y. M. (1987): Three new species of the family Nesticidae (Aranei) from the fauna of the USSR. Zoological Journal Moscow. 66 (3) : 461-463

Marusik, Y. M. (1987): Comparative study of the webs of the orb-weaving spiders (Aranei, Araneidae, Tetragnathidae, Uloboridae) from Lagodekhi reserve. Vestnik Zoologii. 3 : 83-86

Marusik, Y. M. (1989): Fauna and ecology of spiders and scorpions. Fauna and ecology of spiders and scorpions. Moscow, , Nauka Press : 39-52

Marusik, Y. M. (1990): The crab spiders of middle Asia, USSR (Aranei, Thomisidae). 1. Descriptions and notes on distribution of some species. Korean Arachnology. 6 : 31-62

Marusik, Y. M. & Guseinov, E. F. (2003): Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Azerbaijan. 1. New family and genus records. Arthropoda Selecta. 12 (1) : 29-46

Marusik, Y. M., Guseinov, E. F., & Koponen, S. (2003): Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Azerbaijan. 2. Critical survey of wolf spiders (Lycosidae) found in the country with description of three new species and brief review of Palaearctcic Evippa Simon, 1885. Arthropoda Selecta. 12 (1) : 47-65

Marusik, Y. M., Guseinov, E. F., Koponen, S., & Yoshida, H. (2004): A new case of Caucasus-Far East disjunctive range in spiders (Araneae). Acta Arachnologica. 53 (2) : 125-129

Marusik, Y. M. & Kovblyuk, M. M. (2004): New and interesting cribellate spiders from Abkhazia (Aranei: Amaurobiidae, Zoropsidae). Arthropoda Selecta. 13 (1-2) : 55-61

Marusik, Y. M. & Lehtinen, P. T. (2003): Synaphridae Wunderlich, 1986 (Aranei: Araneoidea), a new family status, with a description of a new species from Turkmenistan. Arthropoda Selecta. 11 (2) : 143-152

Marusik, Y. M. & Logunov, D. V. (1994): The crab spiders of Middle Asia (Aranei, Thomisidae), 2.. Beitr. Araneol.. 4 : 133-175

Marusik, Y. M. & Tarabaev, C. K. (1995): On a new species and two interesting records of the black-widow spiders from Middle Asia and the Caucasus (Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae). Beitr. Araneol.. 4 : 211-216

Mikhailov, K. G. (1986): New species of spiders from the families Clubionidae and Liocranidae from the middle Asia and the Caucasus. Novye vidy paukov cemeystv Clubionidae i Liocranidae is credney Asii i c Kavkaza]. Zool. Zh.. 65 (5) : 798-802

Mikhailov, K. G. (1987): Contribution to the spider fauna of the genus Micaria Westring, 1851 of the USSR. I (Aranei, Gnaphosidae). Spixiana. 10 (3) : 319-334

Mikhailov, K. G. (1992): The spider genus Clubiona Latreille, 1804 (Arachnida, Aranei, Clubionidae) in the USSR fauna: a critical review with taxonomical remarks. Arthropoda Selecta. 1 (3) : 3-34

Mikhailov, K. G. (1997): Catalogue of the spiders of the territories of the former Soviet Union (Arachnida, Aranei). Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University. : 416 pp.

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