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Published: 2014-12-11
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A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 3. On new and poorly known Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804

Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan, Russia. Zoological Museum, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland.
Far Eastern Federal University, Sukhanova 8, Vladivostok 690950, Russia. Gornotayozhnaya Station FEB RAS, Gornotayozhnoye Vil., Ussuriyski Dist., Primorski Krai, 692533 Russia.
Mongolia Asia Siberia Far East Altai new species distribution

Abstract

Two new species, Gnaphosa koponeni sp. n. (♂♀, Tuva, Russia) and G. tunevae sp. n. (♀, Mongolia) are described. New figures and distribution data are provided for G. gracilior Kulczyński, 1901, G. kansuensis Schenkel, 1963, G. mandschurica Schenkel, 1963, G. sticta Kulczyński, 1908, G. stoliczkai O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 and G. wiehlei Schenkel, 1963. Additional morphological evidence is provided that G. similis Kulczyński, 1926 is not a synonym of G. muscorum (L. Koch, 1866). Gnaphosa stoliczkai is reported from Mongolia for the first time. The synonymy of Gnaphosa potanini Simon, 1895 with G. silvicola Kamura, 1988 is discussed and is likely to be incorrect.