The spider genus Oecobius (Araneae: Oecobiidae) in Israel, with description of a new species and new synonymies

Authors

  • Yuri M. Marusik Institute for Biological Problems of the North, 18 Portovaya Str., Magadan, 685000, Russia; Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa; Altai State University, 61 Lenina Pr., Barnaul, RF-656049, Russia. E-mail: yurmar@mail.ru https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4499-5148
  • Sergei Zonstein The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, 12 Klausner Str., Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel. E-mail: serzon56@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4515-0630

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Aranei, Oecobiinae, spiders, new records, new synonymy, systematics, taxonomy, Israel, Levant, Near East

Abstract

An annotated list of nine species of Oecobius Lucas, 1846, known from Israel to date, is given. Five of them are recorded in the country for the first time; the previous tentative records of another two species in Israel are confirmed. Two names, Hersiliola brachyplura Strand, 1913 and Hersiliola b. demaculata Strand, 1914 are considered junior subjective synonyms of the widespread O. navus Blackwall, 1859. A new species, O. armiachi n. sp. is described from Israel based on both sexes. The new species differs from all congeners by the shape of the copulatory organs, and most likely represents a yet undescribed genus.

To cite: Marusik, Y.M. & Zonstein, S. 2024. The spider genus Oecobius (Araneae: Oecobiidae) in Israel, with description of a new species and new synonymies. Israel Journal of Entomology 53: 49–62. 
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11532642 
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Oecobius armiachi

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2024-06-10

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Vol. 53 (2024)

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