Zygiella” stroemi (Thorell, 1875), Thorell, 1875

Marusik, Yuri M. & Koponen, Seppo, 2000, New data on spiders (Aranei) from the Maritime Province, Russian Far East, Arthropoda Selecta 9 (1), pp. 55-68 : 57

“ Zygiella” stroemi (Thorell, 1875) *

Levi, 1974a; f. 102-110; Roberts, 1995; 336.

Material examined 3 ♂ ♀ j, [17] Lazovski Reserve, Korpad’ Camp , 43º16'N 134º08'E, 6- 9.08.1998, YM .

COMMENTS. The first record in the province and the Russian Far East; the easternmost point o f distribution. This species has trans-Palearctic boreal range; from Europe to the M aritime Prov., to the north to Lapland [ Palmgren, 1974a] and north Urals [ Esyunin & Efimik, 1996]. In inner Asia known only from two localities: Central Mongolia [ Marusik & Logunov, 1998b] and Tuva [ Logunov et al., 1998], W hile Zygiella is a member o f Tetragnathidae , “Z.” stroem i is a true araneid spider judging from the structure o f the male palp.