Parasyrisca arrabonica Szinetár & Eichardt, 2009

Yanul, V., Terekhova, V. & Polchaninova, N., 2022, New Data On The Rare Spider Species (Arachnida, Araneae) From Kyiv Region (Ukraine), Zoodiversity 56 (3), pp. 181-188 : 184-185

Parasyrisca arrabonica Szinetár & Eichardt, 2009 ( figs 6‒8 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Kyiv: Rzhyshchiv Technical School for Construction , old abandoned field, meadow steppe on sandy soil on a slope, pitfall traps, 8.09‒ 14.10.2021, 1 Ơ (N. Polchaninova & O. Vasylyuk leg.) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Hungary ( Szinetár et al., 2009), Russia: Orenburg Region ( Esyunin, Tuneva, 2020), Ukraine: Kyiv Region (first record for Ukraine and the East European Plain).

Note. A very rare species known from the three localities only. It was described from the sandy grasslands of Hungary, found in the saline lands of Ashchasaiskaya Steppe in the Orenburg Nature Reserve in Russia, and on a sandy slope in Kyiv Region ( Ukraine).

Family Lycosidae

Figures

Figs 1–8. Eresus moravicus: 1 — general appearance, female (photo by A. Mishta), 2 — same, male (photo by V. Terekhova); 3–5 — male palp; Parasyrisca arrabonica: 6–8 — male palp.3, 6 — palp, prolateral, 4, 7 — same, ventral, 5, 8 — same, retrolateral. Scale bar 0.1 mm.