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Item Myrmecicultoridae, a new family of myrmecophilic spiders from the Chihuahuan Desert (Araneae, Entelegynae). (American Museum novitates, no. 3930)(American Museum of Natural History., 2019-06-26) Ramírez, Martín J.; Grismado, Cristian J.; Ubick, Darrell.; Ovcharenko, V. I.; Cushing, Paula Elizabeth, 1964-; Platnick, Norman I.; Wheeler, Ward.; Prendini, Lorenzo.; Crowley, Louise M.; Horner, Norman V.The new genus and species Myrmecicultor chihuahuensis Ramírez, Grismado, and Ubick is described and proposed as the type of the new family, Myrmecicultoridae Ramírez, Grismado, and Ubick. The species is ecribellate, with entelegyne genitalia, two tarsal claws, without claw tufts, and the males have a retrolateral palpal tibial apophysis. Some morphological characters suggest a possible relationship with Zodariidae or Prodidomidae, but the phylogenetic analysis of six markers from the mitochondrial (12S rDNA, 16S rDNA, cytochrome oxidase subunit I) and nuclear (histone H3, 18S rDNA, 28S rDNA) genomes indicate that M. chihuahuensis is a separate lineage emerging near the base of the Dionycha and the Oval Calamistrum clade. The same result is obtained when the molecular data are combined with a dataset of morphological characters. Specimens of M. chihuahuensis were found associated with three species of harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Novomessor albisetosis, and Novomessor cockerelli, and were collected in pitfall traps when the ants are most active. The known distribution spans the Big Bend region of Texas (Presidio, Brewster, and Hudspeth counties), to Coahuila (Cuatro Ciénegas) and Aguascalientes (Tepezalá), Mexico.Item On the Australasian ground spider genera Anzacia and Adelphodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3154(New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1995) Ovcharenko, V. I.; Platnick, Norman I.Item A review of the ground spider genus Scotognapha (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), and its radiation on the Canary and Salvage Islands. American Museum novitates ; no. 3338(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, 2001) Platnick, Norman I.; Ovcharenko, V. I.; Murphy, John A.The ground spider genus Scotognapha Dalmas comprises at least 13 species; these taxa appear to be endemic to the Canary and Salvage Islands, and may represent the sister group of all other gnaphosines. Nomisia teideensis Wunderlich is transferred to Scotognapha; two specific names are newly synonymized: S. gravieri Dalmas with S. atomaria Dalmas, and S. bewickei (Blackwall) with S. paivai (Blackwall). Seven new species are described: S. juangrandica and S. wunderlichi from Grand Canary; S. medano from Hierro, Tenerife, and Lanzarote; S. haria from Lanzarote; S. galletas and S. taganana from Tenerife; and S. costacalma from Fuerteventura. Adult males of S. canaricola (Strand), and adult females of S. convexa (Simon), S. atomaria Dalmas, and S. teideensis (Wunderlich), are described for the first time.Item A review of the ground spider genus Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3095(New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1994) Ovcharenko, V. I.; Levy, Gershom.; Platnick, Norman I.Item A review of the Holarctic ground spider genus Parasyrisca (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3147(New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1995) Ovcharenko, V. I.; Platnick, Norman I.; Marusik, Yuri M."The 44 species of the Holarctic ground spider genus Parasyrisca known from the United States, Canada, Europe, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadjikistan, Mongolia, and China are reviewed. Drassodes breviceps Kroneberg, D. sollers Simon, and D. vinosus Simon are transferred to Parasyrisca. Two specific names are newly synonymized: P. minor (Schenkel) and P. lugubris (Schenkel), both with P. potanini Schenkel. Thirty-eight new species are described: altaica (Kazakhstan), alai, koksu, kurgan, kyzylart, otmek, susamyr, and terskei (Kirgizstan), narynica (Kirgizstan and Tadjikistan), heimeri and khubsugul (Mongolia), asiatica and ulykpani (Mongolia and Russia), alexeevi, balcarica, belengish, belukha, birikchul, caucasica, guzeripli, hippai, holmi, Iogunovi, mikhailovi, and tyshchenkoi (Russia), andarbag, andreevae, anzobica, chikatunovi, gissarika, iskander, paironica, pamirica, pshartica, shakhristanica, vakhanski, and vorobica (Tadjikistan), and turkenica (Turkey). The male of P. schenkeli Ovtsharenko and Marusik is described for the first time"--P. [1].Item A review of the North Asian ground spiders of the genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 212([New York] : American Museum of Natural History, 1992) Ovcharenko, V. I.; Platnick, Norman I.; Song, Daxiang."The 65 species of the Holarctic ground spider genus Gnaphosa known or expected to occur in the USSR, Mongolia, China, Afghanistan, Nepal, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam are reviewed. Pterotricha jucunda (Thorell) is transferred to Gnaphosa; G. rufa Denis is transferred to Sosticus and placed as a junior synonym of S. loricatus (L. Koch); G. lindbergi Roewer is transferred to Fedotovia and placed as a junior synonym of F. uzbekistanica Charitonov. Thirty-seven specific names are newly synonymized within Gnaphosa: barroisi Simon, adriatica Kulczynski, and spadicea Simon, all with dolosa Herman; rudolfi Schenkel with stoliczkai O.P.-Cambridge; ajdahania Roewer with haarlovi Denis; soror Herman with lugubris (C.L. Koch); suspecta Herman with moesta Thorell; silvicola Kamura with potanini Simon; alberti Schenkel, falculata Schenkel, and roeweri Schenkel, all with kansuensis Schenkel; adspersa Grube, annamita Simon, suchuana Chamberlin, and davidi Schenkel, all with kompirensis Bösenberg and Strand; similis Kulczynski and lesserti Schenkel with muscorum (L. Koch); glandifera Schenkel, holmi Schenkel, charitonowi Schenkel, braendegaardi Schenkel, and berlandi Schenkel, all with mandschurica Schenkel; spinosa Kulczynski, auriceps Schenkel, chaffanjoni Schenkel, and corifera Schenkel, all with mongolica Simon; proxima Kulczynski, pseudomongolica Schenkel, and tarimuensis Hu, all with gracilior Kulczynski; denisi Schenkel and taegensis Paik, both with licenti Schenkel; laeta Kulczynski with alpica Simon, koreae Strand, bonneti Schenkel, martae Schenkel, and schensiensis Schenkel, all with sinensis Simon; and nigra Kulczynski with nigerrima L. Koch. Twenty-two new species are described: betpaki, saurica, zyuzini and eskovi (Kazakhstan); kuldzha (Kirghizia, Turkmenia); ukrainica (Ukraine); turkmenica (Turkmenia); pseashcho, caucasica, pseudoleporina, and primorica (Russia); kamurai (Japan); steppica (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey); belyaevi (Mongolia); kurchak, zonsteini, and ovchinnikovi (Kirghizia); zhaoi (China); tarabaevi, ilika, and reikhardi (Kazakhstan, Kirghizia); and dege (Kirghizia, China). Males are newly described for cumensis Ponomarev, fagei Schenkel, pilosa Saveljeva, gracilior, modestior Kulczynski (males previously identified as this species are assigned to alpica), and aborigena Tyschchenko (males previously identified as this species are assigned to dolosa); females are newly described for rufula (L. Koch; females previously identified as this species are assigned to steppica) and wiehlei Schenkel"--P. 3.Item Taxonomic notes on the ground spider genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3234(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, 1998) Ovcharenko, V. I.; Platnick, Norman I.