Lathys cf. lehtineni Kovblyuk, Kastrygina & Omelko, 2014

Seropian, Armen, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Krammer, Hans-Joachim, Thormann, Jana, Hein, Nils, Karalashvili, Elisabeth, Kachlishvili, Nino & Datunashvili, Anastasia, 2024, Picking pearls from the Silk Road: Insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus Barcode of Life (CaBOL) project. Part III, Caucasiana 3, pp. 89-118 : 89

** Lathys cf. lehtineni Kovblyuk, Kastrygina & Omelko, 2014

Fig. 10

Lathys lehtineni Kovblyuk, Kastrygina & Omelko, 2014: 195, figs 1-8 (♂♀).

Material examined.

GEORGIA - Mtskheta-Mtianeti • 2♀♀; N of Shevardeni, Mna Valley ; N42.58°, E44.47°; 2012 m a.s.l.; leg. Krammer H.-J. & Karalashvili E.; 7 Jul. 2019; ZFMK-TISs 8008109, 8008110 (BOLD:AFJ0262) .

Barcoding.

Two identical barcodes were obtained from the specimens ZFMK-TISs 8008109 and 8008110 (BOLD:AFJ0262). The identification via the COI gene was not straightforward, as the best match is Lathys alberta Gertsch, 1946, from Canada (BOLD:AAK7771, p -distance 2.29%). There are currently no barcodes for L. cf. lehtineni in BOLD Systems; we are submitting the first ones.

Remarks.

This species was described from Ukraine (Crimea) and Russia (Astrakhan and Rostov regions) and also occurs in Kazakhstan ( Nentwig et al. 2023; WSC 2023). Potential records from Turkey and Iran ( Danışman et al. 2014; Zamani et al. 2020) need verification. It is the first record of L. lehtineni in the Caucasus. Although the examined material fits well with the original description of the species ( Kovblyuk et al. 2014), identification by singleton females is not reliable and shall be confirmed after the male specimen is available.

Family Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Genus Haplodrassus Chamberlin, 1922

Figures

Figures 6 - 10. Clubiona frisia, female (6: endogyne, dorsal view). Clubiona reclusa, male (7: left palpus, ventral view; 8: same, retrolateral view). Brigittea innocens, female (9: endogyne, dorsal view). Lathys lehtineni, female (10: endogyne, dorsal view). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (6 - 9); 0.1 mm (10).