Notes on Liocranidae (Arachnida, Araneae, Dionycha) from Georgia with description of a new species

The faunistic status of the spider family Liocranidae in Georgia is revised. Due to the preoccupation of the liocraniid genus Sagana Thorell, 1875, by a saturniid moth genus Sagana Walker, 1855 (currently placed in Copaxa Walker, 1855), the genus Drapeta Menge, 1875, is resurrected, hence the transfer of its type species D. rutilans (Thorell, 1875), comb. nov. and D. concolor (Simon, 1878), comb. nov. A new species, namely Drapeta caucasica sp. nov. , is described from Georgia based on the male and female specimens from the Adjara region and Tbilisi vicinity. This is the third species of this previously considered monotypic genus. DNA barcoding results, diagnostic drawings, and detailed collecting data on Drapeta caucasica sp. nov. , with a list of the Georgian Liocranidae, and previous records of ex- Sagana rutilans Thorell, 1875, in the Caucasus are discussed.

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Caucasiana
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2024-09-27
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https://doi.org/10.3897/caucasiana.3.e132725
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Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
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Notes on Liocranidae (Arachnida, Araneae, Dionycha) from Georgia with description of a new species

Natalia Bulbulashvili, Hans‐Joachim Krammer, Armen Seropian
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Notes on Liocranidae (Arachnida, Araneae, Dionycha) from Georgia with description of a new species

Natalia Bulbulashvili, Hans‐Joachim Krammer, Armen Seropian
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Abstract

The faunistic status of the spider family Liocranidae in Georgia is revised. Due to the preoccupation of the liocraniid genus Sagana Thorell, 1875, by a saturniid moth genus Sagana Walker, 1855 (currently placed in Copaxa Walker, 1855), the genus Drapeta Menge, 1875, is resurrected, hence the transfer of its type species D. rutilans (Thorell, 1875), comb. nov. and D. concolor (Simon, 1878), comb. nov. A new species, namely Drapeta caucasica sp. nov. , is described from Georgia based on the male and female specimens from the Adjara region and Tbilisi vicinity. This is the third species of this previously considered monotypic genus. DNA barcoding results, diagnostic drawings, and detailed collecting data on Drapeta caucasica sp. nov. , with a list of the Georgian Liocranidae, and previous records of ex- Sagana rutilans Thorell, 1875, in the Caucasus are discussed.

CaucasianaVol. 3
Museum für Naturkunde (DE), Ilia State University (GE), Gori State University (GE), Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (DE)
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
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