Maculoncus obscurus Tanasevitch, Ponomarev & Chumachenko, 2016

Seropian, Armen, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Krammer, Hans-Joachim, Thormann, Jana, Hein, Nils, Karalashvili, Elisabeth, Kachlishvili, Nino & Datunashvili, Anastasia, 2024, Picking pearls from the Silk Road: Insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus Barcode of Life (CaBOL) project. Part III, Caucasiana 3, pp. 89-118 : 89

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/caucasiana.3.e120883
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EA5B0F14-EB02-4AC8-BAAB-44E072825910
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/033F8F06-E321-5E4F-9F81-DEE4B2471966
treatment provided by	Caucasiana by Pensoft
scientific name	Maculoncus obscurus Tanasevitch, Ponomarev & Chumachenko, 2016
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Maculoncus obscurus Tanasevitch, Ponomarev & Chumachenko, 2016 View in CoL

Maculoncus (?) Maculoncus obscurus Tanasevitch, Ponomarev & Chumachenko, 2016: 426, figs 10-16 (♂).

Material examined.

GEORGIA - Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti • 1♂; Oni mun., Tskhmori Vill.; N42.53125°, E43.470933°; 1269 m a.s.l.; deciduous forest, litter sifting; leg. Astrin J.; 18 Jul. 2018; ZFMK-TIS 8005081 (BOLD:AFJ0696) GoogleMaps .

Bacroding. A single barcode was obtained from the specimen ZFMK-TIS 8005081 (BOLD:AFJ0696). There are currently no barcodes for M. obscurus in BOLD Systems, we are submitting the first one.

Remarks.

Maculoncus obscurus is endemic to the Caucasus ( Nentwig et al. 2023; WSC 2023), where it is reported from Adygea (terra typica) and Georgia (Imereti region, Mukhura Vill.). It is the first record of this species in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti and the third in the region. The female of M. obscurus is unknown.

Genus Metopobactrus Simon, 1884

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Araneae
Family	Linyphiidae
Genus	Maculoncus