Typhlonesticus gocmeni sp. n., a new cave-dwelling blind spider species from the Aegean region of Turkey (Araneae, Nesticidae)

Carles Ribera; Mert Elverici; Kadir Boğaç Kunt; Recep Sulhi Ozkütük

doi:10.3897/zookeys.419.5739

Typhlonesticus gocmeni sp. n., a new cave-dwelling blind spider species from the Aegean region of Turkey (Araneae, Nesticidae)

Zookeys. 2014 Jun 23:(419):87-102. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.419.5739. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Carles Ribera¹, Mert Elverici², Kadir Boğaç Kunt³, Recep Sulhi Ozkütük⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Departament de Biologia Animal. Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 643, Barcelona-08028, Spain.
² Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, University of Erzincan, TR-24100, Erzincan, Turkey - Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Middle East Technical University, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey.
³ Poligon Sitesi 71/27-B TR-06810 Dodurga, Çayyolu, Ankara, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Anadolu University, TR- 26470 Eskişehir, Turkey.

Abstract

A new species of the troglobitic spider genus Typhlonesticus is described from specimens found in Keloğlan Cave (Denizli Province, Dodurgalar Town), Turkey. Typhlonesticus gocmeni sp. n. is described on the basis of both sexes; and its phylogenetic relationships with closely related European genera and species are discussed based on morphological and molecular data (the cox1, rrnL and H3 genes). Three new combinations are proposed: Typhlonesticus idriacus (Roewer, 1931), comb. n., Typhlonesticus morisii (Brignoli, 1975) comb. n. and Typhlonesticus obcaecatus (Simon, 1907), comb. n. all ex Nesticus.

Keywords: Anatolia; Arachnida; caves; description; taxonomy; troglobiont.