A new species and a new record of Zoicinae Lehtinen & Hippa, 1979 (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Sumatra Island, with notes on miniaturization in wolf spiders

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  A new species and a new record of Zoicinae Lehtinen & Hippa, 1979 (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Sumatra Island, with notes on miniaturization in wolf spiders Abstract A new species of wolf spider, Zoica veloxilla sp. nov., from Sumatra (Indonesia) is described based on both sexes. Lysania pygmaea Thorell, 1890 is recorded from Sumatra for the first time, and its male is illustrated and redescribed. A distribution map for Zoica and Lysania is provided. The problem of miniaturization in wolf spiders is briefly discussed. Based on an analysis of the literature, 32 minute species of wolf spiders in four subfamilies and eleven genera have been reported. The smallest wolf spider known worldwide seems to be Zoica minuta (McKay, 1979) from Australia. Omelko, M.M. & Fomichev, A.A. (2026) A new species and a new record of Zoicinae Lehtinen & Hippa, 1979 (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Sumatra Island, with notes on miniaturization in wolf spiders. Zootaxa, 5869 (2), 339–350. https://doi.o...

First DNA barcoding of Dysderidae (Araneae) from Kosovo, with new records and the description of a new species of Harpactea Bristowe, 1939

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First DNA barcoding of Dysderidae (Araneae) from Kosovo, with new records and the description of a new species of Harpactea Bristowe, 1939

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New taxonomic and faunistic data on the dysderid spiders of Kosovo are presented, along with a survey of previous records. Harpactea dardanica Geci & Zamani sp. nov., belonging to the lepida species-group, is described as new to science based on male specimens collected in the Bjeshkët-e-Nemuna National Park, western Kosovo. Dysdera adriatica Kulczyński, 1897, Dy. lata Reuss, 1834, Dasumia kusceri (Kratochvíl, 1935), H. rubicunda (C.L. Koch, 1838), H. srednagora Dimitrov & Lazarov, 1999, and H. tenuiemboli Deltshev, 2011, as well as the genus Dasumia Thorell, 1875, are reported from Kosovo for the first time. Additional records are provided for Dy. longirostris Doblika, 1853 and H. lepida (C.L. Koch, 1838). DNA barcodes (partial sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene) were generated for all species. Photographic illustrations are provided for the newly described species, as well as for H. srednagora and H. tenuiemboli.

Geci, D., Ibrahimi, H., Strohmeier, T., Koblmüller, S., Bilalli, A. & Zamani, A. (2025) First DNA barcoding of Dysderidae (Araneae) from Kosovo, with new records and the description of a new species of Harpactea Bristowe, 1939. Zootaxa, 5653 (4), 486–500. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.4.2