A review of the Holarctic ground spider genus Parasyrisca (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3147

Abstract

"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].