New Data on the Fauna of Spiders (Aranei) of the Belgorod Region (Russia)

Authors

  • Alexander V. Ponomarev Federal Research Centre the Southern Scientific Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Alexander S. Shapovalov Private Institution "Institute for Problems of Conservation of Regional Biodiversity"
  • Vladimir Yu. Shmatko Federal Research Centre the Southern Scientific Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-9047-2025-7-2-199-212

Keywords:

spiders, Central Black Earth Region, fauna, distribution

Abstract

The article presents data on 37 spider species from 17 families found in the north of the Belgorod Region. Cheiracanthium gratum Kulczyński, 1897, Mastigusa arietina (Thorell, 1871), Civizelotes pygmaeus (Miller, 1943), Haplodrassus cognatus (Westring, 1861), Haplodrassus pseudisignifer Marusik, Hippa et Koponen, 1996, Haplodrassus soerenseni (Strand, 1900), Hahnia nava (Blackwall, 1841), Erigonoplus foveatus (Dahl, 1912), Panamomops sp. aff. dybowskii (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873), Tapinocyboides pygmaeus (Menge, 1869), Trichoncus affinis Kulczyński, 1894, Walckenaeria cucullata (C.L. Koch, 1836), Arctosa fugurata (Simon, 1876), Pardosa maisa Hippa et Mannila, 1982, Phrurolithus minimus C.L. Koch, 1839, Chalcoscirtus nigritus (Thorell, 1875), Sibianor tantulus (Simon, 1868), Talavera aperta (Miller, 1971), Euryopis quinqueguttata Thorell, 1875, Lasaeola coracina (C.L. Koch, 1837), Neottiura suaveolens (Simon, 1880), Psammitis ninnii (Thorell, 1872), Tmarus stellio Simon, 1875, Titanoeca spominima (Taczanowski, 1866), Zodarion rubidum Simon, 1914 were identified in the Belgorod Region for the first time. The genera Chalcoscirtus Bertkau, 1880, Civizelotes Senglet, 2012, Erigonoplus Simon, 1884, Mastigusa Menge, 1854, Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 and the families Cybaeidae, Zodariidae are first reported for the Belgorod Region and the Central Black Earth Region.

Funding: the research by A.V. Ponomarev and V.Yu. Shmatko was carried out within the framework of the implementation of the State Assignment of the Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, state registration number of the project 125011200139-7.

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Author Biographies

Alexander V. Ponomarev, Federal Research Centre the Southern Scientific Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Leading Researcher, Federal Research Centre the Southern Scientific Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

E-mail: ponomarev1952@mail.ru

ORCID: 0000-0001-7448-0383

Alexander S. Shapovalov, Private Institution "Institute for Problems of Conservation of Regional Biodiversity"

Director, Private Institution "Institute for Problems of Conservation of Regional Biodiversity", Borisovka settl., Belgorod Region, Russia

E-mail: tarpan_belogorye@mail.ru

Vladimir Yu. Shmatko, Federal Research Centre the Southern Scientific Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences

Researcher, Federal Research Centre the Southern Scientific Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

E-mail: antijus@gmail.com

ORCID: 0000-0001-8180-8543

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2025-06-30

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Ponomarev, A. V. ., Shapovalov, A. S. ., & Shmatko, V. Y. . (2025). New Data on the Fauna of Spiders (Aranei) of the Belgorod Region (Russia). Field Biologist Journal, 7(2), 199-212. https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-9047-2025-7-2-199-212

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