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Issue: Vol. 4688 No. 2: 22 Oct. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-10-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.2.2
Page range: 199–212
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 2

New data on Parasyrisca (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Mongolia

Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000, Russia Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
Altai State University, Lenina Prospect, 61, Barnaul, RF-656049, Russia
Federal Scientific Center of East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia Far Eastern Federal University, Sukhanova 8, Vladivostok 690950, Russia
Araneae Gnaphosidae

Abstract

Three new species of Parasyrisca Schenkel, 1963 belonging to the potanini-group are described from Western Mongolia: P. platnicki sp. n., P. polchaninovae sp. n. and P. szinetari sp. n. Each species description is based on both sexes. Both the male and female of P. platnicki sp. n. possess some copulatory organ characters unknown in other species of the genus. The previously unknown female and the poorly known male of P. khubsugul Ovtsharenko, Platnick et Marusik, 1995 are described and redescribed respectively, the descriptions being based on the specimens found in Arkhangai and Bayankhongor Aimags. The structures of copulatory organs in Parasyrsca potanini-group are briefly discussed.

 

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