New data on the spider fauna of West Kazakhstan Region (Arachnida: Araneae)
Journal: Вестник Пермского университета Серия «Биология»=Bulletin of Perm University Biology
Year: 2023

Regular arachno-faunistic studies of West Kazakhstan Region started only in the 90s of the 20th century. To date, over 65 arachnological papers on this region have been published,. Yet, the spider fauna of West Kazakhstan Region remains incompletely studied. A list of 77 spider species collected in 2021-2022 from West Kazakhstan Region is provided. Three species - Mecynargus minutipalpis Gnelitsa, 2011, Neoscona spasskyi (Brignoli, 1983) and Rhysodromus hierosolymitanus (Levy, 1977), are recorde