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Issue: Vol. 4706 No. 4: 11 Dec. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-12-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.4.6
Page range: 569–579
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 2

A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 10. Three new Gnaphosa species from the Dzhungarian Alatau Mountains (Eastern Kazakhstan)

Altai State University, Lenina Pr., 61, Barnaul, RF-656049, Russia
Aranei Asia ground spiders Mongolia new species species group taxonomy Araneae

Abstract

Three new species, Gnaphosa aksuensis sp. n., G. mataica sp. n., and G. prashkevichi sp. n., are described based on both sexes from Eastern Kazakhstan. Descriptions, illustrations, and maps showing records are provided. The new species represent a monophyletic rasnitsyni-group together with four Mongolian species.

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