TAXONOMIC NOTES ON SOME LINYPHIID SPIDERS (ARANEAE: LINYPHIIDAE) FROM TURKEY
Abstract
This study is based on Linyphiidae species collected from different regions of Turkey between 2009–2013. In total, eight species of linyphiid spiders are recorded from Turkey. These species; Gonatium nemorivagum(O. P.-Cambridge, 1875), G. rubens (Blackwall, 1833), Mecopisthes silus(O. P.-Cambridge, 1873), Pelecopsis elongata (Wider, 1834), P. mengei (Simon, 1884), Sauron rayi (Simon, 1881), Walckenaeria corniculans (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875) and W. dysderoides (Wider, 1834).All these species are illustrated and redescribed in detail.
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