A new genus of Textricini Lehtinen, 1967 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Anatolia

Rahşen S Kaya; Alireza Zamani; Ersen Aydın Yağmur; Yuri M Marusik

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1151.100430

A new genus of Textricini Lehtinen, 1967 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Anatolia

Zookeys. 2023 Feb 28:1151:31-45. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1151.100430. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Rahşen S Kaya¹, Alireza Zamani², Ersen Aydın Yağmur³, Yuri M Marusik⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Bursa Uludağ University, TR-16059, Bursa, Türkiye Bursa Uludağ University Bursa Turkiye.
² Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI-20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland University of Turku Turku Finland.
³ Alaşehir Vocational School, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Türkiye Manisa Celal Bayar University Manisa Turkiye.
⁴ Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa University of the Free State Bloemfontein South Africa.

Abstract

Türkiye is known to have the highest diversity of the spider family Agelenidae in the Western Palaearctic and the highest diversity of the subfamily Ageleninae globally. The new agelenid genus Anatextrixgen. nov. (Ageleninae, Textricini) and its type species, A.spectabilissp. nov. (♂♀; Mersin and Adana provinces, southern Türkiye), are described. A key to all four genera of Textricini is provided.

Keywords: Ageleninae; Aranei; Türkiye; dichotomous key; new species.

Rahşen S. Kaya, Alireza Zamani, Ersen Aydın Yağmur, Yuri M. Marusik.