Christo Deltshev
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0539-5673; Shalva Barjadze
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8992-4987; Eter Maghradze
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4796-9439
2 November 2023 ·
volume 45 · (
issue 11) · pp. 283–292 ·
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Abstract: A new species Centromerus georgicus sp. n. collected in a Georgian cave (Caucasus) is described based on male and female specimens, diagnosed, and illustrated. New records of some poorly known species (Tegenaria pontica Haritonov, 1947, Dysdera anatoliae Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 and Leptonetela caucasica Dunin 1990), as well as the description of the unknown female of L. caucasica are also presented.
Keywords: Caucasus, Dysdera, Leptonetela, new species, Tegenaria
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