A new species of the genus Spinoctenus Hazzi, Polotow, Brescovit, González-Obando et Simó, 2018 (Araneae: Ctenidae) from Panama

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  A new species of the genus Spinoctenus Hazzi, Polotow, Brescovit, González-Obando et Simó, 2018 (Araneae: Ctenidae) from Panama A new species Spinoctenus leleji sp. n . is described from Panama based on a male specimen. This is the first record of the genus Spinoctenus from Panama and the second record of this genus outside South America. The new species is most similar to S. tequendama Hazzi, Polotow, Brecovit, González-Obando et Simó, 2018, but differs by the structure of the male palp and the shape of metatarsus IV. Photographs of the habitus and copulatory organs are provided. The type locality of the new species is mapped. Omelko, Мichail M. 2026. A new species of the genus Spinoctenus Hazzi, Polotow, Brescovit, González-Obando et Simó, 2018 (Araneae: Ctenidae) from Panama. Far Eastern Entomologist(554): 19-24.  https://biosoil.ru/fee/publication/2988

First record of the spider genus Hellamalthonica Bosmans, 2023 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Turkiye, with the description of a new species

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First record of the spider genus Hellamalthonica Bosmans, 2023 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Turkiye, with the description of a new species

Background

The spider genus Hellamalthonica Bosmans, 2023 of the family Agelenidae currently contains five species and all species are known from Greece. This genus has not been recorded in Turkiye yet.

New information

A new species, Hellamalthonica kazdagensis sp. nov., is described (♂♀) from Mount Kaz Dağı, Balıkesir Province, Turkiye. This is also the first report of Hellamalthonica in Turkiye. Morphological descriptions, photomicroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images of the new species, a key to all species of the genus and a distribution map of Hellamalthonica species are given.

Gündüz G, Kaya RS (2025) First record of the spider genus Hellamalthonica Bosmans, 2023 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Turkiye, with the description of a new species. Biodiversity Data Journal 13: e157512. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e157512