A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae) Author Zonstein, Sergei Author Marusik, Yuri Author Omelko, Mikhail text Zoology in the Middle East 2015 61 4 372 385 journal article 10.1080/09397140.2015.1095525 a55cada0-a34a-4733-ba22-22c096b3c07b 807961 Mysmena leucoplagiata (Simon, 1879) Mysmena leucoplagiata : Kraus, 1967 : 388, f. 1‒11 (♂♀) For a complete synonym listing and references, see the World Spider Catalog (2015) . Material. ISRAEL : Haifa , university campus, 32°45’N 35°01’E , 450 m , 29.xii.2010 ( YM ) – 1♂ 2♀ ( IBPN ); same locality, 11.ix.2011 ( YM ) ‒ 1♀ ( IBPN ). Comments. This is the type species of the genus. Mysmena leucoplagiata is known from Western Europe to Azerbaijan. Israel is the southernmost locality of the species across its entire range.