A New Spider Species of the Genus Harpactea (Araneae, Dysderidae) from Türkiye

K. B.  Kunt; R. S. Özkütük; E. A.  Yağmur

doi:10.15407/zoo2025.01.001

K. B. Kunt Cyprus Wildlife Research Institute, Taşkent, Kyrenia, Cyprus https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3137-5510
R. S. Özkütük Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Eskişehir Technical University, Türkiye https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5030-3008
E. A. Yağmur Alaşehir, Manisa, Türkiye https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0396-3975

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/zoo2025.01.001

Keywords: Anatolia, endemic, fauna, harpacteinae, Mediterranean

Abstract

Harpactea ulgen sp. n. is described based on both sexes from Türkiye. The new species belongs to the rubicunda species group as defined by Deeleman-Reinhold (1993) and is closely related to the Turkish endemic H. ballarini Kunt, Özkütük & Elverici, 2013.

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