Browsing by Author "Kunt, KB"

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    Two new species of Harpactea (Araneae, Dysderidae) from the Aegean region of Türkiye, with the redescription of Harpactea cruriformis Bosmans, 2011
    Kunt, KB; Danisman, T; Yagmur, EA
    Two new Harpactea species, H. cosari sp. nov. (male female) andH. subterranea sp. nov. (male female), are described from the Manisa Province of T & uuml;rkiye. The two new species belong to the rubicunda species group based on the characteristics of the male and female copulatory organs. H. subterranea sp. nov. was sampled from the mesovoid shallow substratum using special traps. An apparent reduction of the eyes was observed as an adaptation to living underground. In addition to the new species, a new population of Harpactea cruriformis Bosmans, 2011, previously described from the Greek island of Chios, was discovered in & Idot;zmir province and reported as new to the spider fauna of T & uuml;rkiye. Also, the unknown female of H. cruriformis is described for the first time. The female copulatory organ of the species resembles that of Harpactea terveli Lazarov, 2009, as it is the male. Bulb and vulva images of Harpactea pugio Varol & Akp & imath;nar, 2016 and H. terveli, along with bulb images of H. kencei Kunt, Elverici, & Ouml;zk & uuml;t & uuml;k & Ya & gbreve;mur, 2011 and the holotype of H. cruriformis are included for comparison.
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    Two new species of Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 from Turkey (Araneae: Dysderidae)
    Kunt, KB; Danisman, T; Yagmur, EA
    Two new species, Harpactea bozdaglarensis sp. n. and H. dilekensis sp. n. are described based on both sexes from the Aegean region of Turkey. Both species belong to the rubicunda species group defined for Harpactea due to the characteristics of the copulatory organs and some somatic parts, and H. bozdaglarensis sp. n. resembles H. alexandrae and H. clementi while H. dilekensis sp. n. resembles H. chaniaensis and H. walterdebucki known from the Aegean Islands. Morphometric and meristic characters of the new species and detailed photographs of the copulatory organs are given in the paper.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6359E865-797F-430E-84CD-47B97F1D98DC
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    Two new species of Dysdera (Aranei: Dysderidae) from Turkey
    Cosar, I; Yagmur, EA; Danisman, T; Özkütük, RS; Kunt, KB
    Two new species of Dysdera Latreille, 1804, D. yigitakcai sp.n. (male female; Kahramanmara & scedil;) and D. mehmeti sp.n. (male female; Gaziantep), are described from the eastern Mediterranean region of Turkey. Of these, D . mehmeti sp.n. belongs to the asiatica species-group. Dysdera yigitakcai sp.n. possesses characteristics of different species-groups but appears closest to the longirostris-group.-group. In addition, photographs of the palp of D. neocretica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988; D. fragaria Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988; and the vulva of D. argaeica Nosek, 1905 are included for comparison.
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    A revision of the spider genus Raveniola (Araneae, Nemesiidae). I. Species from Western Asia
    Zonstein, S; Kunt, KB; Yagmur, EA
    The genus Raveniola Zonstein, 1987 is found to be represented in Western Asia by 16 species: male female R. adjarica sp. nov. (Georgia), male R. anadolu sp. nov. (Turkey), male R. arthuri Kunt & Yagmur, 2010 (Turkey), male R. birecikensis sp. nov. (Turkey), male female R. dunini sp. nov. (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran), male female R. hyrcanica Dunin, 1988 (Azerbaijan),male R. marusiki sp. nov. (Iran), male R. mazandaranica Marusik, Zamani & Mirshamsi, 2014 (Iran), male female R. micropa (Ausserer, 1871) (Turkey), female R. nana sp. nov. (Turkey), male female R. niedermeyeri (Brignoli, 1972) (Iran), male female R. pontica (Spassky, 1937) (Russia, Georgia), female R. sinani sp. nov. (Turkey), male female R. turcica sp. nov. (Turkey), male female R. vonwicki Zonstein, 2000 (Iran) and male female R. zaitzevi (Charitonov, 1948) (Azerbaijan, Georgia) = female Brachythele recki Mcheidze, 1983, syn. nov. Eight species are described as new; others are redescribed from types and/or conspecific material. Males of R. micropa and R. zaitzevi, hitherto unknown, are described for the first time. Data on the variability, relationships, distribution and ecology of all considered species are also provided.
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    Kut gen. nov., a new troglomorphic spider genus from Turkey (Araneae, Dysderidae)
    Kunt, KB; Elverici, M; Yagmur, EA; Özkütük, RS
    A new genus of troglomorphic Dysderidae is described, based mainly on the morphology of copulatory organs. The new genus Kut gen. nov., with the type species Harpactocrates troglophilus Brignoli, 1978, also includes two recently discovered new species from the coastal Mediterranean Turkey: Kut izmiricus sp. nov. and K. dimensis sp. nov. All three species display troglomorphic traits, most distinct in K. dimensis sp. nov. Another genus-level trait is a characteristic simple type of bulb in males. Female copulatory organ shows similarity to the endemic Caucasian genus Cryptoparachtes Dunin, 1992 in paraspermatheca structure, whereas the male copulatory organ is unique among all known Dysderidae.
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    New data on the East Mediterranean Nemesiidae (Aranei: Mygalomorphae)
    Özkütük, RS; Yagmur, EA; Elverici, M; Gücel, S; Altunsoy, F; Kunt, KB
    The paper contains new descriptions of Brachythele zonsteini sp.n. from Central Anatolia, Turkey, and Nemesia cypriatica sp.n. from Cyprus, as well as a redescripti on of B. varrialei (Dalmas, 1922), with the first description of the c onspecific female from Turkey. All descriptions are based on both sexes of each species and accompanied by images or diagnoses based on comparisons to related species.
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    New records of the East Mediterranean Lacbesana (Aranei: Zodariidae), with description of a new species
    Özkütük, RS; Yagmur, EA; Gücel, S; Shafaie, S; Özden, Ö; Kunt, KB
    A new species Lachesana bayramgocmeni sp.n. is described based on both sexes from Cyprus. The new species is compared in detail with L. blackwalli (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872). New data on the distribution of L. blackwalli in Turkey and Cyprus are presented.
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