Xysticus mongolicus Schenkel, 1963

Polchaninova, N., Gnelitsa, V., Terekhova, V. & Iosypchuk, A., 2021, New And Rare Spider Species (Arachnida, Araneae) From Ukraine, Zoodiversity 55 (2), pp. 95-112 : 106

Xysticus mongolicus Schenkel, 1963 ( fig. 24 )

Material examined. Donetsk Reg., 1.3 km NE Kryva Luka, edge of the Caragana thickets on a chalk hill, 08.09.‒ 10.10.2019 , 1 Ơ.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. From Serbia ( Nentwig et al., 2021) to China (Inner Mongolia) (Song, et al., 1999). Ukraine: Kharkiv Reg.: Kytsivka, Krasne Pershe; Dnipropetrovsk Reg.: Obukhivka (as Kirovske); Kherson Reg.: Novochornomorya (Polchaninova, 2013, 2019; Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2013, 2017); Luhansk Reg. ( Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019): Stanytsia-Luhanska Distr., ‘Pryazovska Poima’ department of the Luhansk Natural Reserve (E. Prokopenko pers. data); Donetsk Reg. (first record).

Note. Kharkiv Region lies on the northern boundary of the species range.

Family Titanoecidae

Titanoeca ukrainica Guryanova, 1992

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Kherson Reg., 1.2 km NNE Respublikanets , high clayey riverbank dominated by

Galatella villosa (L.) Rchb. f. 1853, 23.05‒ 22.06.2019, 2 Ơ (Polchaninova & Iosypchuk).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. From Southern Ukraine ( Kovblyuk & Kastrygina, 2015) to Southern European Russia (Rostov-on-Don Reg.) (Ponomarev, 2017). Ukraine: Kherson Reg.: Askania-Nova ( Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2013, 2019), Respublikanets ( Iosypchuk, 2019); AR Crimea: Simferopol Distr.; Tarkhankut peninsula ( Kovblyuk & Kastrygina, 2015; Nadolny, 2020).

Note. Respublikanets Vill. (Kherson Reg.) lies on the northern boundary of the species range.

Family Zodariidae

Zodarion morozum Denis, 1935

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Zaporizhzhia Reg.: 5 km W Stepanivka , mesic saline meadow, 08‒ 23.06.2019 , 2 Ơ.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey ( Nentwig et al., 2021), South of European Russia (from the coast of the Sea of Azov to the western coast of the Caspian Sea) (Ponomarev et al., 2011; Ponomarev & Dvadnenko, 2012). Ukraine: Odesa Reg.: Lover Danube region ( Deli, 2012); AR Crimea: Bakhchysarai, Lenino, Saky, Sevastopol, Simferopol, Feodosiya, Yalta distr.; Tarkhankut peninsula ( Kovblyuk & Kastrygina, 2015; Nadolny, 2020); Zaporizhzhia Reg. (first record).

Note. First record form Left-Bank Ukraine. The northern boundary of the species range runs through the coastal areas of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

Figures

Figs 23–30. Alopecosa steppica: male palp: 23 — ventral; Xysticus mongolicus: 24 — general appearance dorsal (after Polchaninova 2013, drawing by V. Timokhanov); Bassanioides caperatus: male palp: 25 — ventral, 26 — retrolateral; Heriaeus horridus: male palp: 27 — ventral, 28 — retrolateral; Ozyptila tuberosa: male palp: 29 — ventral, 30 — retrolateral. Scale bars 0.1 mm.