A review of the Holarctic ground spider genus Parasyrisca (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3147

By

Ovcharenko, V. I.

Platnick, Norman I.
Marusik, Yuri M.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1995

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Caption title.

"August 15, 1995."

"The 44 species of the Holarctic ground spider genus Parasyrisca known from the United States, Canada, Europe, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadjikistan, Mongolia, and China are reviewed. Drassodes breviceps Kroneberg, D. sollers Simon, and D. vinosus Simon are transferred to Parasyrisca. Two specific names are newly synonymized: P. minor (Schenkel) and P. lugubris (Schenkel), both with P. potanini Schenkel. Thirty-eight new species are described: altaica (Kazakhstan), alai, koksu, kurgan, kyzylart, otmek, susamyr, and terskei (Kirgizstan), narynica (Kirgizstan and Tadjikistan), heimeri and khubsugul (Mongolia), asiatica and ulykpani (Mongolia and Russia), alexeevi, balcarica, belengish, belukha, birikchul, caucasica, guzeripli, hippai, holmi, Iogunovi, mikhailovi, and tyshchenkoi (Russia), andarbag, andreevae, anzobica, chikatunovi, gissarika, iskander, paironica, pamirica, pshartica, shakhristanica, vakhanski, and vorobica (Tadjikistan), and turkenica (Turkey). The male of P. schenkeli Ovtsharenko and Marusik is described for the first time"--P. [1].

Subjects

Classification , Gnaphosidae , Parasyrisca , Spiders

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3147, 1995

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 38153307