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- Title
A contribution to the arachnofauna (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones) of the Maltese Islands, with two new records for Europe.
- Authors
Rehfeldt, Stefan; Cassar, Thomas
- Abstract
The arachnid fauna of the Maltese Islands has not yet been adequately investigated. In the present work, from a total of 117 species sampled, 36 taxa represent newly recorded spider species (Araneae) for Malta, with an additional new record of a harvestman (Opiliones). These new records include three new spider families and one new harvestman family for the Maltese archipelago: Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878, Mimetidae Simon, 1881, Oxyopidae Thorell, 1869 and Sclerosomatidae Simon, 1879; as well as two species which are recorded from Europe for the first time: Acartauchenius insigniceps (Simon, 1894) and Zelotes poecilochroaeformis Denis, 1937. Ecological, distributional, biogeographical and taxonomic notes are provided for the newly recorded species.
- Subjects
MALTA; OPILIONES; ARACHNIDA; ISLANDS; SPIDERS; JUMPING spiders; ARCHIPELAGOES; SPECIES
- Publication
Arachnology Letters / Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 2024, Vol 67, Issue 1, p18
- ISSN
1018-4171
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.30963/aramit6704