Theridion cinereum Thorell, 1875

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

* Theridion cinereum Thorell, 1875

Figs 43-44

Theridion cinereum Kovblyuk et al., 2016: 110, figs 283-290 (♂♀).

Theridion cinereum Zamani et al., 2021: 295, figs 12A-B (♂).

Material examined.

GEORGIA - Kvemo Kartli • 1♀; Marneuli mun., Shulaveri ; N41.3681°, E44.8219°; 479 m a.s.l.; Paliurus spina-christi dominated shrubland, under rocks; leg. Seropian A., Bulbulashvili N., Zukakishvili A.; 3 Jun. 2023; CaBOL-ID 1020880 . Shida Kartli • 1♀, 1♂; Gori, Kvernaki ridge; N41.9833°, E44.1504°; 641 m a.s.l.; Paliurus spina-christi dominated shrubland, under rocks; leg. Bulbulashvili N.; 20. May 2023; CaBOL-IDs 1035502, 1035503 .

Remarks.

This species is distributed from Italy north to Switzerland, east to Kyrgyzstan, and south to Iran ( Nentwig et al. 2023; WSC 2023). In the Caucasus, it was known from the North Caucasus ( Otto 2023). It is the first record of T. cinereium in Georgia and the South Caucasus.

Family Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Genus Bassaniodes Pocock, 1903

Figures

Figures 37 - 44. Latrodectus pallidus (37: female, epigyne, ventral view, in situ; 38: endogyne, dorsal view; 39: male, left palpus, prolateral view; 40: same, ventral view; 41: same, retrolateral view; 42: same, apical view). Theridion cinereum (43: male, left palpus, ventral view; 44: female, endogyne, dorsal view). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (37 - 42); 0.1 mm (43 - 44).