Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008

Yanul, V., Terekhova, V. & Polchaninova, N., 2022, New Data On The Rare Spider Species (Arachnida, Araneae) From Kyiv Region (Ukraine), Zoodiversity 56 (3), pp. 181-188 : 182-184

Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008 ( figs 1‒5 )

Material examined. Kyiv: Onatsky, meadow steppe on the chernozem soil on the top of slope, abandoned pasture, pitfall traps, 28.05‒ 7.07.2021, 7 Ơ (N. Polchaninova leg.); ‘ Hlyboki Balyky’ , on a dirt road, 23.07.2021, 1 ♀ (only a photo is available; photographer: A. Mishta) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. The species is known from Central and Southern Europe ( Nentwig et al., 2022). It was also registered in the Ukrainian Carpathians ( Zhukovets, Kron (2015): Chornohora Mt., 1971, M. Legotay leg., Ye. Zhukovets det.). Kyiv Region (first record). First record from the East European Plain.

Family Gnaphosidae

Figures

Figs 1–8. Eresus moravicus: 1 — general appearance, female (photo by A. Mishta), 2 — same, male (photo by V. Terekhova); 3–5 — male palp; Parasyrisca arrabonica: 6–8 — male palp.3, 6 — palp, prolateral, 4, 7 — same, ventral, 5, 8 — same, retrolateral. Scale bar 0.1 mm.