Six new records for the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae: Salticidae)

Abstract

Six Salticidae spider species, Evarcha laetabunda (C. L. Koch, 1846), Heliophanus verus Wesolowska, 1986, Pellenes seriatus (Thorell, 1875), Plexippoides flavescens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872), Pseudicius palaestinensis Strand, 1915 and Saitis barbipes (Simon, 1868) are new records for the spider fauna of Turkey. Their morphology is briefly described and illustrated.

Keywords

• Araneae,Salticidae,fauna,new record,Turkey

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