Piratula uliginosa (Thorell, 1856)

Polchaninova, N., Gnelitsa, V., Terekhova, V. & Iosypchuk, A., 2021, New And Rare Spider Species (Arachnida, Araneae) From Ukraine, Zoodiversity 55 (2), pp. 95-112 : 104-105

Piratula uliginosa (Thorell, 1856)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Kharkiv Reg., 4 km E Krasnokutsk , bank of a bog, 23.05.‒ 16.06.2019 , 1 Ơ.

Distribution. Europe ( Nentwig et al., 2021), West Siberia ( Mikhailov, 2013). Ukraine: Chernivtsi Reg.: as Bukovina in Koch, 1870; Lviv Reg.: Roztochchia, Kniazhe, Chervone ( Petrusewicz, 1938), Rava-Ruska ( Nowicki, 1870); Zhytomyr Reg.: Polissia Nature Reserve ( Guryanova, 1989); Volyn Reg.: Shatskyi NNP (Evtushenko, 2013); Rivne Reg.: Bushcha ( Hirna, 2015); Kyiv and Chernihiv reg: Chernihivske Polissia (Pochaninova & Prokopenko, 2013); Kharkiv Reg. (first record).

Family Mimetidae

Ero koreana Paik, 1967

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Donetsk Reg., 2 km NE Kryva Luka , edge of the Caragana thickets on a chalk hill ,

02.06.‒ 05.07.2019, 1 Ơ; Zaporizzhia Reg., Syvashyk, saline marshes, 10‒ 22.06.2019, 1 Ơ.

Distribution. From Ukraine ( Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) to Japan (WOS, 2021). Ukraine: Dnipropetrovsk Reg.: Kryvyi Rih ( Evtushenko & Isupova, 2013), Dnipro (Pochaninova & Prokopenko, 2013); Donetsk Reg.: Siedove (Pochaninova &Prokopenko, 2013, 2017); Mykolaiv Reg.: Yelanets Distr. ( Polchaninova, 2021); (Zaporizhzhia Reg. (first record).

Note. Kryva Luka Vill. (Donetsk Reg.) is located on the northern boundary of the species range; Yelanetskyi Steppe Natural Reserve in Mykolaiv Reg. ( Polchaninova, 2021) is the westernmost known locality .

Family Philodromidae

Thanatus mongolicus (Schenkel, 1936)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Zaporizhzhia Reg., 2 km E Davydivka , saline marshes, 10‒ 24.06.2019 , 1 Ơ.

Distribution. From Southern Ukraine ( Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2013; Kovblyuk & Kastrygina, 2015) to Hebei Province of China ( Song et al., 2001). Ukraine: AR Crimea: Saky Distr. ( Kovblyuk & Kastrygina, 2015); Kherson Reg.: Rybalche ( Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2013); Donetsk Reg. ( Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019): Siedove (E. Prokopenko, pers. comm.); Zaporizhzhia Reg. (first record).

Note. Rybalche Vill. (Kherson Reg.) is the westernmost known locality. The northern boundary of the European part of the species range runs along the the northen coasts of the Balck Sea and the Sea of Azov to the Ergeni Upland .

Family Salticidae

Pellenes allegrii Caporiacco, 1935

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Kherson Reg., 1.2 km NNE Respublikanets, high riverbank dominated by forbs, 23.05.‒ 22.06.2019, 1 Ơ, 1 ♀ (Polchannova & Iosypchuk); 500 m SSE Respublikanets , medium-height riverbank dominated by forbs, 23.05.‒ 22.06.2019, 1 Ơ, 1 ♀ (Polchannova & Iosypchuk) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. From Southern Ukraine ( Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019; Iosypchuk, 2019) to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan ( Mikhailov, 2013), Northern India and Pakistan ( Caporiacco, 1935). Ukraine: Donetsk Reg. ( Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019): Siedove, Bilosaraiska spit (E. Prokopenko, pers. data); Kherson Reg.: Respublikanets ( Iosypchuk, 2019).

Note. Respublikanets Vill. (Kherson Reg.) is the westernmost known locality .

Family Theridiidae

Neottiura suaveolens (Simon, 1879)

Material examined. Donetsk Reg., 1.3 km NE Kryva Luka, edge of the Caragana thickets on a chalk hill, 31.05.2019, 1 ♀ .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Europe ( Nentwig et al., 2021), Caucasus (North Georgia) ( Ponomarev & Komarov, 2015), South Urals ( Esyunin & Efimik, 1996), South CisUrals (Orenburg Reg.) ( Esyunin et al., 2007). Ukraine: Khmelnytsk Reg.: Panivtsi ( Guryanova, 2003); Mykolaiv Reg. : Kurypchine ( Polchaninova et al., 2017) ; Kharkiv Reg. ( Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019): Zelenyi Hai (N. Polchaninova pers. data) ; Luhansk Reg.: Krynychne , Horodyshche ( Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2013) ; Donetsk Reg. (first record) .

Note. Only five localities are known in the East European Plain (all in Ukraine); the South Urals and CisUrals are the areas detached from the main species range ( Esyunin & Efimik, 1996; Esyunin et al., 2007).

Family Thomisidae

Bassanioides caperatus (Simon, 1875) ( figs 24‒28 , 32‒33 )

Material examined. Zaporizhzhia Reg., 4.8 km NE Sheliuhy, sandy steppe with clamshells, 07‒ 24.06.2019 , 1 Ơ; 1.5 km NEE Nove , grazed abandoned field, 10‒ 22.06.2019, 1 ♀ ; idem, saline marshes, 10‒ 22.06.2019, 1 ♀ .

Distribution. From Spain ( Nentwig et al., 2021) to Southern European Russia (Krasnodar Krai) ( Spassky, 1937). Ukraine: AR Crimea: Saky, Sevastopol, Simferopol, Sudak, Feodosiya, Yalya distr; Tarkhankut ( Kovblyuk & Kastrygina, 2015; Nadolny, 2020); Zaporizhzhia Reg. (first record).

Note. The record “Khorly, Kherson Area” requires verification (see Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2017); therefore, the material from Zaporizhzhia Region is the first valid record from Left-Bank Ukraine. The northern boundary of the species range runs along the northern coast of the Sea of Azov .

Figures

Figs 23–30. Alopecosa steppica: male palp: 23 — ventral; Xysticus mongolicus: 24 — general appearance dorsal (after Polchaninova 2013, drawing by V. Timokhanov); Bassanioides caperatus: male palp: 25 — ventral, 26 — retrolateral; Heriaeus horridus: male palp: 27 — ventral, 28 — retrolateral; Ozyptila tuberosa: male palp: 29 — ventral, 30 — retrolateral. Scale bars 0.1 mm.

Figs 31–34. Bassanioides caperatus: male palp: 31 — retrolateral, 32 — prolateral, 33 — ventral; Heriaeus horridus: 34 — general appearance dorsal. Scale bars 0.1 mm.