taxonID	type	description	language	source
03CADB12FFF5FFD8FFF0FA14FE81F7BA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♀, KOSOVO, Veriq, Istog municipality (42 ° 45 ' 19.37 '' N, 20 ° 33 ' 12.71 '' E), 15 - V- 2021; 1 ♀, KOSOVO, Bistricë e Shalës, Leposaviq municipality (43 ° 1 ' 48.23 '' N, 20 ° 53 ' 25.51 '' E), 12 - VII- 2023; 1 ♀, KOSOVO, Selacë, Mitrovicë municipality (43 ° 01 ' 48.23 '' N, 20 ° 53 ' 25.51 '' E), 8 - VI- 2023, Coll. Donard Geci.	en	Ibrahimi, Krenare, Islami, Blertina, Kastrati, Blearta, Geci, Donard, Bilalli, Astrit, Ibrahimi, Halil (2024): New findings and an updated checklist of Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Kosovo. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (3): 547-555, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.3.547, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.3.547
03CADB12FFF5FFD8FFF0FA14FE81F7BA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. West Palaearctic: Europe to Central Asia (World Spider Catalog, 2024). Diagnostic note. Habitus: Carapace light brown, with pale margins. Opisthosoma dorsally distended, yellowish-brown, with brown pattern. Tubercles with a yellowish hue. Eye region mostly yellow, with dense bright hairs. Chelicerae brown. Legs brown, indistinctly annulated. Body length: female: 15 – 25 mm (Nentwig et al., 2024). Epigyne: Scapus covers the genital openings, joined to a basal zone that covers the copulatory ducts and the spermathecae made up of several sclerites. Laterally, the base of the epigyne is flanked by a pair of lamellae. In ventral view, the length and wrinkles of the scapus vary among individuals of the same species, perhaps due to a different folding of it. The scapus is always long and wide. Epigyne is very dark due to intense sclerotization (Morano & Mora-Rubio, 2021) (Figs 2 A – C).	en	Ibrahimi, Krenare, Islami, Blertina, Kastrati, Blearta, Geci, Donard, Bilalli, Astrit, Ibrahimi, Halil (2024): New findings and an updated checklist of Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Kosovo. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (3): 547-555, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.3.547, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.3.547
03CADB12FFF6FFDBFF01F9C2FE14F7B8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♀, KOSOVO, Kërvenik, Hani i Elezit municipality (42 ° 06 ' 38.16 '' N, 21 ° 13 ' 56.03 '' E), 30 - VIII- 2023, Coll. Krenare Ibrahimi, Blertina Islami, Blearta Kastrati.	en	Ibrahimi, Krenare, Islami, Blertina, Kastrati, Blearta, Geci, Donard, Bilalli, Astrit, Ibrahimi, Halil (2024): New findings and an updated checklist of Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Kosovo. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (3): 547-555, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.3.547, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.3.547
03CADB12FFF6FFDBFF01F9C2FE14F7B8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Old World: Southern Europe to Central Asia and China, Northern Africa, Tanzania, South Africa, Myanmar (World Spider Catalog, 2024). Diagnostic note. Habitus: Carapace shiny silver. Opisthosoma longer than wide, unicoloured silvergrey, ventrally darker, lobed laterally. Lobes with brownish contrasting colouration. Legs yellowish-brown and annulated with black markings. Body length female: 16.8 – 25. 5 mm (Nentwig et al., 2024). Epigyne: Anterior median scape present, forming a median septum and joining to posterior short basal septum (Figs 3 A – E).	en	Ibrahimi, Krenare, Islami, Blertina, Kastrati, Blearta, Geci, Donard, Bilalli, Astrit, Ibrahimi, Halil (2024): New findings and an updated checklist of Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Kosovo. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (3): 547-555, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.3.547, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.3.547
03CADB12FFF0FFDDFF01FEBFFB84FDCF.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂, KOSOVO, Veriq, Istog municipality (42 ° 45 ' 08.89 '' N, 20 ° 33 ' 10.47 '' E), 21 - VII- 2021, Coll. Donard Geci.	en	Ibrahimi, Krenare, Islami, Blertina, Kastrati, Blearta, Geci, Donard, Bilalli, Astrit, Ibrahimi, Halil (2024): New findings and an updated checklist of Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Kosovo. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (3): 547-555, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.3.547, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.3.547
03CADB12FFF0FFDDFF01FEBFFB84FDCF.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Russia (to far East), Central Asia, China; introduced to Hawaii (World Spider Catalog, 2024). Diagnostic note. Habitus: Carapace brownish-black. Opisthosoma dark red to brownish-black, with bright pattern, posteriorly with three protuberances dorsally, anteriorly with two. Male palp: with rectangular-shaped bent distal apophysis, bearing a very long tip. Median apophysis distally with 2 stout jags. Embolus long and robust (Nentwig et al., 2024) (Figs 4 A – D).	en	Ibrahimi, Krenare, Islami, Blertina, Kastrati, Blearta, Geci, Donard, Bilalli, Astrit, Ibrahimi, Halil (2024): New findings and an updated checklist of Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Kosovo. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (3): 547-555, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.3.547, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.3.547
