A survey of Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Azerbaijan, including the description of a new species

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  A survey of Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Azerbaijan, including the description of a new species Abstract A survey of ground spiders of the genus Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980 (Gnaphosidae) from Azerbaijan, including five species, is presented. Among them, S . nakhchivanicus sp. nov. is described based on a male specimen collected in the Julfa District. In addition, S . syntheticus (Chamberlin, 1924) is reported from the Caucasus for the first time. Nuruyeva, T. V., Fomichev, A. A., Snegovaya, N. Y., Alekperov, I. K., Huseynzade, G. A., & Musayeva, Z. Y. (2026). A survey of <em>Synaphosus</em> Platnick & Shadab, 1980 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Azerbaijan, including the description of a new species. Ecologica Montenegrina , 99 , 82–88. https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2026.99.6

Morphological revision of the species of Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay

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Morphological revision of the species of Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay

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The Neotropical tarantula genus Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871 is reviewed. After examining type specimens and redescribing several species, H. stradlingi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 and H. strabo (Simon, 1892) are considered junior synonyms of H. familiare Bertkau, 1880; henceforth, the senior synonym of the type species of the genus, and now with a known male representative. H. nigrum is considered nomem dubium. Additionally, Homoeomma hirsutum (Mello-Leitão, 1935) is considered junior synonym of H. montanum (Mello-Leitão, 1923). We also describe the female of H. brasilianum (Chamberlin, 1917). Homoeomma now comprises 12 valid species distributed across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay.

Galleti-Lima, A., Yamamoto, F.U., Lucas, S.M., Guadanucci, J.P.L. & Brescovit, A.D. (2026) Morphological revision of the species of Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Zootaxa, 5752 (2), 211–237. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.2.3