Agyneta mesasiatica Tanasevitch, 2000

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2019, On linyphiid spiders collected by Antoine Senglet on Corsica, with the description of a new species (Araneae, Linyphiidae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 126 (1), pp. 43-51 : 44

Agyneta mesasiatica Tanasevitch, 2000

Material from Corsica examined: 1 male; FRANCE, Corsica, Prunelli di Casacconi ; 22.V.1971; leg. A. Senglet. – 1 male; Porte Leccia; 2.VI.1971; leg. A. Senglet. – 2 males, 3 females; Porto; 4.VI.1971; leg. A. Senglet.

Additional material examined: 1 male; ITALY, Toscana, Mt Argentato , 280-400 m a.s.l.; 13.-14.II.1980; leg. A. Focarile.

Type material examined: ZMMU; 1 male paratype of Agyneta mesasiatica ; AZERBAIJAN, Caucasus Mts, Talysh Mts, Amburdara near Gosmalian, Populus and Salix forest along stream, litter, under stones; 10.X.1983; leg. S. Golovatch. – ZMMU; 1 male paratype of A. mesasiatica ; Baku, Musabekov ; 24.VI.1976; leg. P. Dunin.

Remarks: Agyneta mesasiatica was hitherto known from the Caucasus ( Azerbaijan; North Osetiya, Russia), W-Kopetdagh Mts ( Turkmenistan) ( Tanasevitch, 2000), and from throughout Iran ( Tanasevitch, 2008, 2009). The species is new for the Corsican, French and Italian faunas (see Helsdingen, 2018). Porto on Corsica is the westernmost known locality of this species. The discovery of this species in the western Mediterranean region is surprising, but a thorough comparison of the new material with type specimens and with specimens from the Near East clearly show that all are conspecific.

Range: Ancient Mediterranean.