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Genus: Leviellus Wunderlich, 2004 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Leviellus caspicus Simon, 1889

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017169

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Described:

Distribution: Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (the mentioned 2f cannot be syntypes, because only the m was included in the original description) - (Levi, 1974a)

Taxonomic References

Zilla caspica Simon, 1889l: 382 (Dm) Original description

Zygiella caspica Levi, 1974a: 280, f. 70-75 (m, Df)

Leviellus caspica Wunderlich, 2004f: 928 (T from Zygiella)

Leviellus caspicus Mikhailov, 2013b: 110 (emended specific epithet)

Leviellus caspicus Seropian, Otto & Bulbulashvili, 2023: 154, f. 20-26, 29-35, Suppl.: 7 f. (mf)

References

Levi, H. W. (1974a). The orb-weaver genus Zygiella (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 146(5): 267-290. -- Show included taxa

Mikhailov, K. G. (2013b). The spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Russia and adjacent countries: a non-annotated checklist. Arthropoda Selecta, Supplement 3: 1-262. -- Show included taxa

Seropian, A., Otto, S. & Bulbulashvili, N. (2023). Picking pearls from the Silk Road: insights into the spider (Arthropoda, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the CaBOL project. Part I. Caucasiana 2: 143-159 & Suppl. doi: 10.3897/caucasiana.2.e107049 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1889l). Arachnidae transcaspicae ab ill. Dr. G. Radde, Dr. A. Walter et A. Conchin inventae (annis 1886-1887). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 39: 373-386. -- Show included taxa

Wunderlich, J. (2004f). The fossil spiders (Araneae) of the families Tetragnathidae and Zygiellidae n. stat. in Baltic and Dominican amber, with notes on higher extant and fossil taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 3: 899-955. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Gloor, D., Hänggi, A., Kropf, C.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 05.2018. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2023-08-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Seropian, Otto & Bulbulashvili, 2023
2023-08-02	Species distribution update	Seropian, Otto & Bulbulashvili, 2023	Old value
2016-01-07	Species distribution update	Zamani et al., 2015	Old value
2015-08-04	Species updated	Mikhailov, 2013b	Old value	Species epithet corrected
2015-08-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Mikhailov, 2013b