In this update I reviewed all 1100+ species in the Caucasus Checklist and updated some 50+ links to and from araneae.unibe (with the help of Daniel Gloor!).

Additionally, I updated the taxonomy (nomenclature), synonyms and misidentifications. Changes include: Harpactea sturanyi, Ermetus koreanus, Microdipoena jobi, Agyneta simplicitarsis, A. mollis, A. mesasiatica, A. rurestris, A. saxatilis, Zygiella montana, Leviellus stroemi, Alopecosa farinosa, Bogdocosa kronebergi, Halocosa cereipes, Lycosa tarantula, Piratula hurkai, Eratigena picta, Tegenaria lenkoranica, T. lehtineni, T. nakhchivanica, T. pseudolyncea, T. lyncea, Brigittea varians, Titanoeca spominima, Porrhoclubiona vegeta, P. genevensis, Leptopilus memorialis, Zelotes fuscus, Civizelotes gracilis, C. caucasius, Rhysodromus rikhteri, Rh. naxcivanicus, Tmarus punctatissimus, Bassaniodes caperatus, B. graecus, B. adzharicus, B. cribratus, B. robustus, B. tristrami, Bassaniana baudueri, Spiracme striatipes, Psammitis sabulosus, P. ninnii, Attulus distinguendus, Carrhotus xanthogramma, Plexippus strandi, P. devorans, P. setipes, Rudakius cinctus, Calositticus pulchellus, C. caricis, C. zimmermanni, C. rupicola, C. inexpectus, C. floricola, Hypositticus pubescens, H. relictarius, Marusyllus mongolicus, Pseudomogrus caspicus, P. vittatus, P. albocinctus

Also, a number of genera have been moved to other families, including: Argyroneta → Dictynidae; Cryphoeca, Tuberta → Cybaeidae; Mastigusa → Hahniidae; Pireneitega → Agelenidae; Cheiracanthium → Cheiracanthiidae; Zora → Miturgidae; Cetonana, Orthobula, Trachelas → Trachelidae

Citation: Otto, S. (2019): Caucasian Spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus. Version 09.2019 Internet: https://caucasus-spiders.info/

Upcoming updates are planned to include newly compiled distribution maps and new occurrence data (records) from recently published articles about spiders in the Caucasus. If you know of any publication not yet included in the database, let me know!