New records and notes on some spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae, Salticidae, Theridiidae) from Turkey

Abstract

Two species, Pardosa pertinax von Helversen, 2000 and Simitidion agaricographum (Levy & Amitai, 1982), are reported from Turkey for the first time. A new Turkish locality is presented for Euophrys sulphurea (L. Koch, 1867). In the lycosid Pardosa atomaria (C. L. Koch, 1847), a variability of receptacle shape was reported. A lycosid Arctosa tbilisiensis Mcheidze, 1946 was proved to be formerly confused with Arctosa lutetiana (Simon, 1876); the latter species thus has to be deleted from the check list of Turkish spiders. Illustrations and locality records are provided for each species.