A new species of the mygalomorph spider genus Euagrus Ausserer (Araneae: Euagridae) from central Mexico and new records of E. gus Coyle from Tlaxcala

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  A new species of the mygalomorph spider genus Euagrus Ausserer (Araneae: Euagridae) from central Mexico and new records of E. gus Coyle from Tlaxcala Abstract  A new species of the spider genus Euagrus Ausserer, 1875 from temperate pine-oak forests in the states of Tlaxcala and Hidalgo, Mexico is described: E. pulque sp. nov. The description of the new species is based on male and female adult specimens. Additionally, Euagrus gus Coyle, 1988 is recorded for the very first time in the state of Tlaxcala. These species have sympatric distributions in La Malinche National Park, Tlaxcala. With this description, the diversity of the genus increases to 23 species, with Mexico harboring the highest diversity with 17 described species.  Valdez-Mondragón, A., Salinas-Velasco, H. V. & Bueno-Villegas, J. (2026). A new species of the mygalomorph spider genus Euagrus Ausserer (Araneae: Euagridae) from central Mexico and new records of E. gus Coyle from Tlaxcala. Zootaxa 5810 (...

SPIDERS (ARACHNIDA, ARANEAE) FROM NORTHERN GREECE

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SPIDERS (ARACHNIDA, ARANEAE) FROM NORTHERN GREECE

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During the spring of 2019, 187 spider species were collected and identified from the north of Greece, in the regional units of Chalkidiki, Serres and Thessaloniki of the administrative region of Central Macedonia. A list of collected species is given. Siwa dufouri (Simon, 1874), Improphantes turok Tanasevitch, 2011, Phrurolithus nigrinus (Simon, 1878), Aelurillus m-nigrum Kulczyński, 1891, Euryopis dentigera Simon, 1880 and Tetragnatha intermedia Kulczyński, 1891 are reported as new for Greece. Some species could not be identified so far: Amaurobius sp., Pritha sp. and Zodarion sp. The female of Pelecopsis pavida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) is described for the first time. 

Helsdingen, Peter & IJland, Steven. (2025). SPIDERS (ARACHNIDA, ARANEAE) FROM NORTHERN GREECE. 42. 2-18.