Eight species of Haplodrassus are recorded from Crimea: Haplodrassus bohemicus Miller &
Buchar, 1977; Haplodrassus dalmatensis (L. Koch, 1866); Haplodrassus isaevi Ponomarev …

We investigate the phylogeny of “pirate spiders”(Mimetidae), a family of araneophagic
spiders known for their use of aggressive mimicry as a foraging strategy, but poorly …

An annotated list of 223 spider species in 28 families recorded from the territory of the
Republic of Dagestan in 2009–2018 is given. Fourteen species (Dictyna armata, D. ottoi …

Mimetidae is one of the three families within Araneoidea whose members do not spin
foraging webs, but are unique in displaying a complex prey-capture behaviour known as …

Aim. Araneofauna of Peri-Caspian is fragmentary studied. A literature contains faunistic data
for the North-West Caspian and Volga River delta. Several faunistic records and new …

Five new species of Berlandina Dalmas, 1922 are described from Mongolia: B. koponeni sp.
n.(♂), B. mishenini sp. n.(♂), B. nakonechnyi sp. n.(♂), B. ovtsharenkoi sp. n.(♂♀) and B …

Приводится аннотированный список 325 видов пауков из 31 семейства, выявленных на
побережье и островах северной части Каспийского моря. В видовом составе …

A description of new species Alopecosa kulsaryensis sp. n. and a male Alopecosa
inderensis Ponomarev, 2007 (family Lycosidae), which was known only on females, are …

Inland salt marshes and salt steppes are among the most endangered types of habitats
listed in the Habitats Directive. The understanding of this fauna is poor although many rare …

The wolf spider genus Alopecosa Simon, 1885, contains 160 named species (Platnick 2012)
and the type species of the genus is A. fabrilis (Clerck, 1757), which is a Palaearctic species …