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Harvesting Venom Toxins from Assassin Bugs and Other Heteropteran Insects
Published on: April 21, 2018
New and interesting spiders (Arthropoda, Araneae) from Vashlovani National Park and Chachuna Managed Reserve
Armen Seropian1, Natalia Bulbulashvili2, Giorgi Makharadze3
1Institute of Zoology; Ilia State University; Cholokashvili av. 3/5; Tbilisi; 0162; Georgia. armen.seropiani@iliauni.edu.ge.
Abstract:
Spiders collected individually during short outings at different locations, as well as during a trip to Vashlovani National Park and Chachuna Managed Reserve, were identified, resulting in the recognition of 22 species, of which three are described as new: Harpactea digitata Seropian, sp. nov. (♂, Dedoplistskaro) (Dysderidae), Leptopiloslongiembolus Seropian & Japaridze, sp. nov. (♂, Vashlovani National Park), and Palpimanus obscurus Seropian & Bulbulashvili, sp. nov. (♂♀, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Iran) (Palpimanidae). A female of Synema inexpectatum Seropian, Bulbulashvili, Makharadze & Baznikin, 2024, collected with several males, is described, while the species is recorded for the first time from the Kvemo Kartli region. Furthermore, Bogdocosa kronebergi (Andreeva, 1976), Marinarozelotes adriaticus (Caporiacco, 1951), and Pseudicius palaestinensis Strand, 1915 are recorded in Georgia for the first time. Diagnostic drawings and photographs of preserved specimens are included, along with detailed collecting data.
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