A new Cataleptoneta species (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from sulfidic caves in Greece and Albania

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  A new Cataleptoneta species (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from sulfidic caves in Greece and Albania Abstract A new species of the genus Cataleptoneta Denis, 1955, Cataleptoneta sulfur sp. nov ., is described from caves in the Vromoner Canyon (Sarandaporo River Valley), on the Greek–Albanian border (northwestern Greece and southern Albania), on the basis of both sexes. Drawings, scanning electron micrographs, and digital images of diagnostic features are presented. Analysis of COI mitochondrial barcode sequences confirmed the species distinction from all the other sequences. Within the species two separate lineages, unique to each cave were found. The genus Cataleptoneta is not monophyletic as now circumscribed and confirmed also by the phylogenetic analysis of the sequences. Urák I, Ştefan A, Motoc RM, Brad T, Zsigmond A-R, Sarbu SM, Szűts T (2026) A new Cataleptoneta species (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from sulfidic caves in Greece and Albania. ZooKeys 1294: 89-107. https://doi.org/...

A NEW SPECIES OF HAHNIA (ARANEAE, HAHNIIDAE) FROM BULGARIA AND CRIMEAN PENINSULA CLOSE TO H. NAVA

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A NEW SPECIES OF HAHNIA (ARANEAE, HAHNIIDAE) FROM BULGARIA AND CRIMEAN PENINSULA CLOSE TO H. NAVA

A New Species of Hahnia (Araneae, Hahniidae) from Bulgaria and Crimean Peninsula close to H. nava. Indzhov, S. — Hahnia kovblyuki sp. n. is described from forest habitats in Western Bulgaria and compared to its closest species, H. nava (Blackwall, 1841), using morphology and simple morphometry. Previous records of H. nava from Crimea are formally re-assigned to H. kovblyuki sp. n., and issues in the taxonomy of the Hahnia nava complex are briefly discussed.

Indzhov, S. (2026). A new species of Hahnia (Araneae, Hahniidae) from Bulgaria and Crimean Peninsula close to H. nava. Zoodiversity 60(3): 215-224. doi: 10.15407/zoo2026.03.215