Arabelia pheidoleicomes Bosselaers, 2009

Seyyar, Oba, Demir & Türkeş, 2016, Arabelia Bosselaers, 2009 and Arabelia pheidoleicomes Bosselaers, 2009 (Araneae: Liocranidae) are new records for the Turkish Spider Fauna, Serket 15 (1), pp. 30-32 : 32

Arabelia pheidoleicomes Bosselaers, 2009 ( Fig. 2 )

Material examined: 2♀♀, Aksaray Province, Eskil District, surrounding of Salt Lake, under debris cluster, (38°25'15.29"N, 33°26'47.9"E) in May . 1♀, Afyon Province, Bolvadin District, Kemerkaya , under stone, (38°53'18"N 31°04'46"E) in May. All specimens were deposited in Niğde University Arachnology Museum .

Identification and description: Bosselaers (2009) and Wunderlich (2012).

World distribution. Greece ( World Spider Catalog, 2016) and Turkey (this study). Remarks. Two adult females are found in May from surrounding of Salt Lake in Central Anatolia. Both specimens were collected under the debris cluster in steppe ecosystems. Another female was collected under stone from step area in Bolvadin. Bosselaers (2009) said that this species is clearly myrmecophylic. Although collecting sites of this species were suitable places for ants, we did not observe this symbiosis.

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Fig. 2. Arabelia pheidoleicomes Bosselaers, 2009 ♀. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Epigyne.