Abdurakhmanov et al. (2012) presented a substantial update of spider records in the Caucasus: 1371 records – adding 116 species to the list of 243 species in the Checklist Dagestan as well as adding 87 species to the North Caucasus Checklist and 31 species to the Checklist Caucasus, which now lists 1107 species from 10997 records in this Ecoregion!

In total, Abdurakhmanov et al. (2012) added 83 original records and cited many more records from Abdurakhmanov & Alieva (2011: 353 records), Ponomarev et al. (2011a: 237 records),  Ponomarev et al. (2008: 217 records), Ponomarev et al. (2011b: 188 records) and several other sources.