New data on the spider (Arachnida: Aranei) fauna of Mangystau Oblast, Kazakhstan
ABSTRACT
A list of 84 spider species of Mangystau Oblast is provided, with the family Dysderidae and 39 species being recorded from there for the first time; five species are first found in Kazakhstan: viz., Argiope ahngeri Spassky, 1932, Uroctea grossa Roewer, 1960, Oxyopes badhyzicus Mikhailov et Fet, 1986, Evarcha nenilini Rakov, 1997, and Theridion arsia Zamani et Marusik, 2021. Distribution of all species that are new to Kazakhstan and Mangystau Oblast is discussed. Three species are described as new: viz., Eresus mangyshlakensis sp.n. (♂), Lycosa kuryk sp.n. (♀), Xysticus utochkini sp.n. (♂). A new synonymy has been established: Minosia simeonica Levy, 1995, syn.n. = Minosia karakumensis (Spassky, 1939). Based on the results of the present study and earlier published data, the total number of spider species recorded from Mangystau Oblast has increased to 195 species in 26 families.
Esyunin, S. L., Efimik, V. E., Nekhaeva, A. A., Kim, L. V., Valuev, V. A., Kabdrakhimov, A. A., Tuneva, T. K. & Akhmedenov, K. M. (2025). New data on the spider (Arachnida: Aranei) fauna of Mangystau Oblast, Kazakhstan. Arthropoda Selecta 34(3): 426-446.