A New Species of Hahnia (Araneae, Hahniidae) from Bulgaria and Crimean Peninsula close to H. nava

S. Indzhov

doi:10.15407/zoo2026.03.215

S. Indzhov Faculty of Biology, Sofi a University “St. Kliment Ohridski” https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8937-9373

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/zoo2026.03.215

Keywords: Crimea, Balkan Peninsula, species complex, morphometry, forest habitats, spiders, taxonomy

Abstract

Hahnia kovblyuki sp. n. is described from forest habitats in Western Bulgaria and compared to its closest species, H. nava (Blackwall, 1841), using morphology and simple morphometry. Previous records of H. nava from Crimea are formally re-assigned to H. kovblyuki sp. n., and issues in the taxonomy of the Hahnia nava complex are briefly discussed.

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