Neoscona tedgenica (Bakhvalov, 1978) Fig. 18

Araneus tedgenicus Bakhvalov, 1978: 790, figs 1-4 (♀).

Aculepeira tedgenica: Brignoli 1983: 255.

Diagnosis.

Neoscona tedgenica differs from the closely similar N. spasskyi in the shape of the posterior area of the scape (triangulate vs. rounded) and the dorsal abdominal pattern (white “true” folium on a dark background in N. tedgenica, vs. dark “incomplete” folium on a light background in N. spasskyi).

Comments.

See under Neoscona spasskyi (Brignoli, 1983). Types of this species are lost along with the rest of the private collection of Bakhvalov.

Distribution.

Turkmenistan (Bakhvalov 1978).