A new species of Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 from Turkey (Araneae: Dysderidae)

Recep Sulhi Özkütük; Mert Elverici; Yuri M Marusik; Kadir Boğaç Kunt

doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4419

A new species of Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 from Turkey (Araneae: Dysderidae)

Biodivers Data J. 2015 Sep 7:(3):e4419. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4419. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Recep Sulhi Özkütük¹, Mert Elverici², Yuri M Marusik³, Kadir Boğaç Kunt¹

Affiliations

¹ Anadolu University, Science Faculty, Biology Department, Eskişehir, Turkey.
² Middle East Technical University, Biology Department, Ankara, Turkey ; Erzincan University, Science and Arts Faculty, Biology Department, Erzincan, Turkey.
³ IBPN RAS, Magadan, Russia.

Abstract

A new species of Harpactea Bristowe, 1939, H. alanyana sp. n. is described from southern Turkey. The new species appears closely related to H. osellai Brignoli, 1978. Detailed description and illustrations of the new and related species are provided. The relationships of the two species are discussed.

Keywords: Alanya; Antalya; Mediterranean; spider; woodlouse hunters.