New Spider Species of Cnephalocotes and Peponocranium (Aranei, Linyphiidae) from the North-East of Ukraine

V. A. Gnelitsa

doi:10.15407/zoo2024.03.187

V. A. Gnelitsa Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1833-4386

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/zoo2024.03.187

Keywords: Erigoninae, new species, description

Abstract

Two species of the genera Cnephalocotes Simon, 1884 and Peponocranium Simon, 1884: Cnephalocotes similis sp. n. and Peponocranium fallax sp. n. (Linyphiidae) from the north-eastern Ukraine are described and illustrated.

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