Synema Simon, 1864

Seropian, Armen, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Makharadze, Giorgi & Baznikin, Andrei, 2024, New and interesting spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Vashlovani National Park and Chachuna Managed Reserve (Georgia), Caucasiana 3, pp. 183-213 : 183-213

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/caucasiana.3.e132501

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:34BF63C7-00A9-44DD-8887-DAE871731C84

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13870429

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/32F9E2B3-5BCF-5C32-A1A8-7B78EC6F7EBB

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scientific name

Synema Simon, 1864
status

 

Genus Synema Simon, 1864 View in CoL

Aranea rotundata Walckenaer, 1802

Comments.

Synema is a large genus of brightly colored crab spiders with 126 valid species distributed on all continents except Australia ( WSC 2024). Four species, namely S. caucasicum Utochkin, 1960 , S. globosum (Fabricius, 1775) , S. ornatum (Thorell, 1875) , and S. plorator (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) , have been recorded in the Caucasus. Herein we describe a new species, Synema inexpectata sp. nov., from SE Georgia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Thomisidae